Fix: Zero-initialize particle in orbital_elements example to prevent undefined behavior#910
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hannorein merged 1 commit intoMay 13, 2026
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examples/orbital_elements/problem.c,struct reb_particle pis declared without initialization.While this happens to work on some systems due to zero-filled memory pages, on some machines (such as my MacBook M4) it leaves garbage values in stack memory, leading to incorrect relative orbit calculations.
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= {0}to properly zero-initialize the struct, preventing undefined behavior and matching the safe pattern used in other examples in this repository.