https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70060
Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- It is. If you omit it the zero initialization is done by emitting bigarr into .bss, with the init you cause it to be emitted in .rodata.