C6001

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warning C6001: using uninitialized memory <variable>

This warning is reported when an uninitialized local variable is used before it is assigned a value. This could lead to unpredictable results. You should always initialize variables before use.

The following code generates this warning because variable i is only initialized if b is true; otherwise an uninitialized i is returned:

int f( bool b )  
{  
   int i;  
   if ( b )  
   {  
      i = 0;  
   }  
   return i; // i is unintialized if b is false  
}  

To correct this warning, initialize the variable as shown in the following code:

int f( bool b )  
{  
   int i= -1;  
  
   if ( b )  
   {  
      i = 0;  
   }  
   return i;  
}  

Compiler Warning (level 1 and level 4) C4700