[Bug c/39693] New: Warning about uninitialized local variable use

[simon dot thum at gmx dot de]

Hi,

there are lots of bugs concerning the issue that uninitialized local variable
uses are not always reported. See 10539 or 19099.

I think the restriction to optimized builds is particularly unfortunate, since
a dev is more likely to actually look at a debug build. I'm not everybody, but
assuming -Wall to catch the dumbest oversights seems natural to me. Probably
that's why it got reported as a bug.

I understand that optimization helps getting data in shape for this check, but
it would be much better to have a few definitely-wrong cases checked by -Wall
without -O, and more precise warnings with optimization. Or something like
that.


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           Summary: Warning about uninitialized local variable use
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.3.2
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: simon dot thum at gmx dot de


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39693