+/* The SGI compiler reportedly barfs on the trailing null
+ if we use a string constant as the initializer. 28 June 1997, rms. */
+static const char spaces[16] = /* " " */
+ { ' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ' };
+static const char zeroes[16] = /* "0000000000000000" */
+ { '0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0' };