compliation without DEBUG and/or DIAGNOSTIC happens without errors.
Note that all such initializations in the Alpha port are marked with "XXX
gcc -Wuninitialized". As far as I'm concerned, the one or two times
-Wuninitialized has saved me from problems are worth the (very minor) cost
involved with the initializations, esp. if it's noted why the
initializations are done. This was prompted by PR#3690, from Ted Lemon.