[fpc-devel] Omit hint/warning for a fixed-size array

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, Ondrej Pokorny wrote:

> Hello,
>
> is there a way not to get a "Variable xyz does not seem to be 
> initialized" hint/warning for a fixed-size array?
>
> program Project1;
> uses Classes;
> var
>   Buffer: array[0..255] of Byte;
>   FS: TFileStream;
> begin
>   // FillByte(Buffer, Length(Buffer), 0); // project1.lpr(9,18) Hint: 
> Variable "Buffer" does not seem to be initialized
>   FS := TFileStream.Create('test.test', fmOpenRead);
>   FS.Read(Buffer[0], Length(Buffer)); // << project1.lpr(11,11) Hint: 
> Variable "Buffer" does not seem to be initialized
> end.
>
> What is the correct code that doesn't emit any hint or warning?

Type
   TByteBuffer = array[0..255] of Byte;

Var
   Buffer : TByteBuffer;

begin
   Buffer:=Default(TByteBuffer);
end.

Michael.