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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Initialized global data
Date: 1998/05/10
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Simon says

<<I saw (searching the AARM for 'implicit initialization' and 'default
initialization') that a pragma Import would do the trick but I must
say it never occured to me to do this!
>>

No need to rummage around in the AARM here, the rule is quite clear
and explicit in the RM (B.1(24))

24   The declaration of an imported object shall not include an explicit
initialization expression.  Default initializations are not performed.