[fpc-pascal] Warning "Local variable seems to be not initialized" on dyn array

Jürgen Hestermann juergen.hestermann at gmx.de
Tue Mar 10 17:08:16 CET 2015


Am 2015-03-10 um 09:48 schrieb Lukasz Sokol:
> On 10/03/15 06:10, Jürgen Hestermann wrote:
>> Am 2015-03-09 um 19:24 schrieb DaWorm:
>>> I would think this part answers that question:  "The warning means
>>> that no value has been */explicitly/* assigned to these variables
>>> (which */may indicate a logic error/* in the code), not necessarily
>>> that they contain an unpredictable value." (emphasis mine)
>>>
>>>
>> No, it answer not the question. As I already wrote in my other mail:
>> Why am I forced to add superfluous (initialization) code just to get
>> rid of a warning that is completely useless (false). Managed types
>> *are* initialized so this warning just pollutes the message window
>> and distracts from the realy useful information.
>>
>> Why not simply omit these messages (for managed types)?
>>
>>
> Just because YOU don't need it, doesn't mean it's useless for everybody...
>
>
Then please tell me, what do you (or anybody else) gain from this warning?
Especially, as it claims something that is definitely not true (for managed types).
It may even misguide some to add initialisation code without need and
it distracts from the realy important messages.




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