diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index 2dc1d34dc..588c7064a 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TODO
 
 - [on branch: shortcircuit] investigate McCarthy evaluation again? this may also reduce code size perhaps for things like if a>4 or a<2 ....
 - [on branch: ir-less-branch-opcodes] IR: reduce the number of branch instructions such as BEQ, BEQR, etc (gradually), replace with CMP(I) + status branch instruction
-- IR: reduce amount of CMP/CMPI after instructions that set the status bits correctly (LOADs? INC? etc), but only after setting the status bits is verified!
+- IR: reduce amount of CMP/CMPI after instructions that set the status bits correctly (LOADs? INC? Bitwise operations, etc), but only after setting the status bits is verified!
 
 ...
 
diff --git a/examples/textelite.p8 b/examples/textelite.p8
index 096b00c46..668543ed4 100644
--- a/examples/textelite.p8
+++ b/examples/textelite.p8
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ ship {
 
     ubyte fuel = Max_fuel
     uword cash = 1000               ; actually has to be 4 bytes for the ultra rich....
-    ubyte[17] cargohold = 0
+    ubyte[17] cargohold
 
     sub init() {
         sys.memset(cargohold, len(cargohold), 0)
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ market {
     str[17] names = ["Food", "Textiles", "Radioactives", "Slaves", "Liquor/Wines", "Luxuries", "Narcotics", "Computers",
                      "Machinery", "Alloys", "Firearms", "Furs", "Minerals", "Gold", "Platinum", "Gem-Stones", "Alien Items"]
 
-    ubyte[17] current_quantity = 0
-    uword[17] current_price = 0
+    ubyte[17] current_quantity
+    uword[17] current_price
 
     sub init(ubyte fluct) {
         ; Prices and availabilities are influenced by the planet's economy type
diff --git a/examples/vm/textelite.p8 b/examples/vm/textelite.p8
index 6f1f83d7f..fcffb32fb 100644
--- a/examples/vm/textelite.p8
+++ b/examples/vm/textelite.p8
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ ship {
 
     ubyte fuel = Max_fuel
     uword cash = 1000               ; actually has to be 4 bytes for the ultra rich....
-    ubyte[17] cargohold = 0
+    ubyte[17] cargohold
 
     sub init() {
         sys.memset(cargohold, len(cargohold), 0)
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ market {
     str[17] names = ["Food", "Textiles", "Radioactives", "Slaves", "Liquor/Wines", "Luxuries", "Narcotics", "Computers",
                      "Machinery", "Alloys", "Firearms", "Furs", "Minerals", "Gold", "Platinum", "Gem-Stones", "Alien Items"]
 
-    ubyte[17] current_quantity = 0
-    uword[17] current_price = 0
+    ubyte[17] current_quantity
+    uword[17] current_price
 
     sub init(ubyte fluct) {
         ; Prices and availabilities are influenced by the planet's economy type