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Harald Krause
Junior Member
 
Austria
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Posted - Nov 20 2025 : 07:56:44 AM
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All of those genereate "unitialised Variable" warnings in latest VA
int var = FunctionWithIntReturn(); int var = otherIntVariable;
Only this does not give a warning:
int var = 10;
Rebuilding the database did not help |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
    
United Kingdom
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Posted - Nov 20 2025 : 09:34:22 AM
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Here is my test case, based on your description:
static int FunctionWithIntReturn() { return 2; }
static void TestingCodeInspectInitialize()
{
int varFromFunction = FunctionWithIntReturn();
int varFromVariable = varFromFunction;
int varDirect = 10;
int varUninitialized;
}
only one variable is being picked up as not initialized.
My experiments with Code Inspection so far show that sometimes surrounding context matters. Also, does the code currently compile? If it doesn't that will also have an effect on things. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Harald Krause
Junior Member
 
Austria
21 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2025 : 12:22:00 PM
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Now I have strange behavior, your code pasted direct above of below such a wrong message and your code works correctly. But the false warning still is there. Yes code does compile without warnings etc. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
    
United Kingdom
19282 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2025 : 06:46:38 AM
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If you were able to share code snippets privately, I am happy to look at them with you. A wild guess, if Code Inspection isn't finding the correct header files for some reason, then it would not find the function signature, so could perhaps result in this warning. I would hope it would do something else, but its a guess that would sort of fit the facts.
Anything you send to [email protected] will be treated as private information, and only used to try and understand the problem. But I understand code often cannot be shared at all. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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barto
Junior Member
 
Germany
20 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2025 : 08:10:42 AM
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I also noticed this in various places



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feline
Whole Tomato Software
    
United Kingdom
19282 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2025 : 08:28:33 AM
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| Are any of the symbols on the right hand side of = local symbols? Or are they all from some other scope? Clearly this happens, but until I can get an example to trigger here on demand, I am left guessing at what is happening. |
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jschroedl
Tomato Guru
    
USA
112 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2025 : 4:28:04 PM
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| I am also seeing lots of incorrect "variable 'xyz' is not initialized" warnings from VA Code Inspection. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
    
United Kingdom
19282 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2025 : 07:53:21 AM
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When you get them, what is the symbol on the right hand side? Does it tend to be a function call? A expression that needs to be evaluated? Something else?
People are seeing this problem, but so far I haven't managed to reproduce anything here. Once I can reproduce it, I can start trying to work out the trigger, and what we might be able to do about it. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
    
United Kingdom
19282 Posts |
Posted - Dec 15 2025 : 1:09:17 PM
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Anyone who is getting this problem, can you please look at your Visual Studio project properties, and check to see if you are using the field:
Project properties -> VC++ Directories -> External Include Directories = "..."
if the problem is showing up with a symbol / function that is defined in a library included via the EXTERNAL include directories, are you able to update your project settings to place this include directory into the:
Project properties -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories = "..."
field instead? I have finally been able to reproduce this problem here, and this was the trigger for me. I have put in a bug report for this:
case=166067
There may be other triggers, but we now know to check include directory settings. |
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