Re: c/7258: The message "variable might be used uninitialised" does not tell the location

Re: c/7258: The message "variable might be used uninitialised" does not tell the location

[bangerth]

Synopsis: The message "variable might be used uninitialised" does not tell the location

State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed
State-Changed-By: bangerth
State-Changed-When: Tue Dec  3 14:59:45 2002
State-Changed-Why:
    Confirmed. Use the following, as an example:
    -----------------------
    void g ();
    void f() {
      int i;
      if (i)
        g();
    };
    ----------------------
    The message is
    tmp/g> /home/bangerth/bin/gcc-3.3-pre/bin/gcc -W -Wall -Wuninitialized -O -c x.c
    x.c: In function `f':
    x.c:4: warning: `i' might be used uninitialized in this function

http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=7258

Re: c/7258: The message "variable might be used uninitialised" does not tell the location

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

The following reply was made to PR c/7258; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: c/7258: The message "variable might be used uninitialised" does
 not tell the location
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 17:02:06 -0600 (CST)

 Regarding my confirmation message for this report:
 
 Too bad I deleted the line between functions g() and f() upon pasting, but 
 not updating the compiler output. With the given code, the warning is for
 line _3_, which is the declaration, not the use of 'i'.
 
 W.
 
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