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From: "rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org>
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Subject: [Bug c/95052] Excess padding of partially initialized strings/char
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Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 11:32:55 +0000
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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D95052

Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
   Last reconfirmed|                            |2020-05-11
           Keywords|                            |missed-optimization

--- Comment #1 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
I'm not sure what you describe as padding is padding.  Instead it's valid to
access all elements of the array you declare and thus it must be initialize=
d.

What could be done is elide zero-padding parts to a memset() call.=