I just had a look at some of the source code of the Java package in the GNU gcc version 4.4.0 snapshot 20081114
/home/dcb/gcc/20081114/javaExperiment/gcc-4.4-20081114/libjava/classpath/java/util/HashMap.java:749 Avoid unused local variables such as 'dest'. The source code is HashEntry<K, V> dest = buckets[idx]; Suggest remove unused local variable dest, since it is in a loop. -- Summary: HashMap.java: unused local variable Product: gcc Version: 4.4.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P3 Component: java AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dcb314 at hotmail dot com GCC host triplet: suse-linux-x86_64 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38193