Re: [PATCH] submodule.c: Squelch a "use before assignment" warning
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:45
Christoph Bartoschek [off-list ref] writes:
Why is the compiler not complaining about the fake initalization? For initialization a value is used that is not initialized.
That is a fairly well established idiom to tell gcc "you may mistakenly think it isn't, but this is used".