https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63518
Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2019-02-03 CC| |msebor at gcc dot gnu.org Version|unknown |4.7.4 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #3 from Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Confirmed. Both Clang and with -O also GCC 4.7 and later warn on one of the two instances of the problem. Clang on line 15: $ clang -S -Wall pr63518.C pr63518.C:16:9: warning: variable 't' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized] wait(t, setTimeout(t)); ^ pr63518.C:15:12: note: initialize the variable 't' to silence this warning Timeout t; ^ = 0 1 warning generated. and GCC on line 23: $ gcc -O -S -Wall pr63518.C pr63518.C: In function ‘void bar()’: pr63518.C:23:9: warning: ‘t’ is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] 23 | wait2(setTimeout(t),t); | ~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~