Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:26:39AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Why is that necessary? A static variable is defined by C to start off
>> as zeroes.
> But is it a static variable? It's not declared as 'static' but maybe we
> can assume it inits to zeroes anyway? I see we do that for
> BgWriterStats.
Sorry, by "static" I meant "statically allocated", not "private to
this module". I'm sure the C standard has some more precise terminology
for this distinction, but I forget what it is.
regards, tom lane