/** * @file 0x0008_uninitialized-variables.c * @brief Uninitialized variables: demonstrate undefined behavior with printf * @author Kevin Thomas * @date 2025 * * MIT License * * Copyright (c) 2025 Kevin Thomas * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all * copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. * * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * Demonstrates the danger of uninitialized variables. Prints the value of an * uninitialized uint8_t over UART while blinking an LED on GPIO16. * * Wiring: * GPIO16 -> LED anode (with current-limiting resistor to GND) */ #include #include "pico/stdlib.h" /** @brief GPIO pin number for the LED */ #define LED_PIN 16 /** * @brief Toggle LED and print uninitialized variable value * * @details Blinks the LED on and off with a 500ms delay between each * transition and prints the age variable each cycle. * * @param age value to print (uninitialized in this demo) */ static void blink_and_print(uint8_t age) { printf("age: %d\r\n", age); gpio_put(LED_PIN, 1); sleep_ms(500); gpio_put(LED_PIN, 0); sleep_ms(500); } int main(void) { uint8_t age; stdio_init_all(); gpio_init(LED_PIN); gpio_set_dir(LED_PIN, GPIO_OUT); while (true) { blink_and_print(age); } }