Re: [pretest] regression in pdftex

Max Chernoff via tex-live <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:26:58 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.live
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Hi Jim,

On Wed, 2026-02-18 at 10:03 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:
> I think a much better choice would be for it to initialize (otherwise
> uninitialized) automatic variables to, say, -2^14 (or some other value with
> a good chance of causing an immediately-noticeable problem).

This is "-ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern":

    https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#index-ftrivial-auto-var-init

Thanks,
-- Max