Issue 43360: Dead initialization in parse_abbr function - Python tracker

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Assigned To: Nosy List: alex.henrie
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2021-03-02 02:25 by alex.henrie, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

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PR 24700 open alex.henrie, 2021-03-02 02:26
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msg387895 - (view) Author: Alex Henrie (alex.henrie) * Date: 2021-03-02 02:25 
The parse_abbr function in _zoneinfo.c currently initializes the variable buff regardless of whether it is going to be used, and then initializes it again in the one path that does use it. The first initialization could be removed to simplify the code and clarify its intent.

Defect identified by scan-build <https://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/scan-build.html>