Why does "ksh" built-in "typeset" command initiate integer variables with zero

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Issue

  • Why does "ksh" built-in "typeset" command initiate integer variables with zero?

Example:

# typeset -i VAR
# echo $VAR
0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • ksh-20080202-14.el5

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