You CAN turn the auto-nulling ON, buts as JustSid said, it costs CPU.
Because then ANY new variable (both global and locals) will then requires CPU cycles to auto-null it.

To turn it on, insert this line VERY early in your script. By preferance, just after your #include "acknex.h" or "lite-c.h".
(Check under "#define" in the manual)


... hmmm ... looks like its only for local variables, and not globals as I thought ...
Ah well, give it a try anyway, it may just be a glitch in the manual regarding globals...

Wow, I didn't knew that Lite-C has a solution for this. Amazing.

Global and static variables are nulled automatically by the compiler. This does
not cost any CPU cycles because they are stored as placeholders within the executable. The more global variables the bigger the EXE.

Local variables on the other side are created at runtime.

Kewl, thanks Bunsen.

That explains why the manual says "PRAGMA_ZERO" is for locals.

But does that also apply to an array of pointers, as this thread is about?

ie a global array of pointers declared with
I honestly dont know, so I await your answer....

Yes EvilSOB, it does also apply to an array of pointers.
You may try this:

ENTITY* BULLET[10];

void main()
{
int i;
for (i=0; i<10; i++)
printf("Bullet[%d] = %d", i, BULLET[i]);
}

By the way, what is the meaning of "Kewl"?

Thanks, but no need to try.
I had noticed this result, but never trusted it till now.

And "kewl" == "Cool" spelt really badly...