Examples of errors detected by the V561 diagnostic

V561. Consider assigning value to 'foo' variable instead of declaring it anew.

FCEUX

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'x' variable than to declare it anew. Previous daclaration: ines.cpp, line 960. fceux ines.cpp 962

int iNesSaveAs(char* name)
{
  ....
  fp = fopen(name,"wb");
  int x = 0;
  if (!fp)
    int x = 1;
  ....
}

Vscap

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'ret' variable than to declare it anew. Previous daclaration: TransparentWnd.cpp, line 1802. vscap transparentwnd.cpp 1804

BOOL CTransparentWnd::SaveShape(FILE* fptr)
{
  ....
  BOOL ret = TRUE;
  if (m_hbitmap)
    BOOL ret = picture.SaveToFile(fptr);
  ....
}

FlightGear

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 's' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: dclgps.cxx, line 480. dclgps.cxx 485

void DCLGPS::update(double dt) {
  ....
  string s;
  if(fgGetBool("/instrumentation/nav[0]/slaved-to-gps")) {
    // TODO - avoid the hardwiring on nav[0]
    s = "Adj Nav Crs to ";
  } else {
    string s = "GPS Course is ";
  }
  ....
}

Unreal Engine 4

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'Existing' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: streamablemanager.cpp, line 325. streamablemanager.cpp 332

void FStreamableManager::AsyncLoadCallback(
  FStringAssetReference Request)
{
  ....
  FStreamable* Existing = StreamableItems.FindRef(TargetName);
  ....
  if (!Existing)
  {
    // hmm, maybe it was redirected by a consolidate
    TargetName = ResolveRedirects(TargetName);
    FStreamable* Existing = StreamableItems.FindRef(TargetName);
  }
  if (Existing && Existing->bAsyncLoadRequestOutstanding)
  ....
}

This is what should have been written here: Existing = StreamableItems.FindRef(TargetName);

Oracle VM Virtual Box

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'Status' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: vboxmpwddm.cpp, line 5723. vboxmpwddm.cpp 5728

static NTSTATUS APIENTRY
DxgkDdiRenderNew(CONST HANDLE hContext, DXGKARG_RENDER  *pRender)
{
  ....
  NTSTATUS Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;    // <=

  __try
  {
    ....
    NTSTATUS Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;  // <=
    ....
  }
  __except (EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER)
  {
    Status = STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
    WARN(("invalid parameter"));
  }

  return Status;
}

Any change of the variable within the try..except section won't change the returned value and the external (in relation to the try {} block) variable will be changed only if an exception occurs.

Godot Engine

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'styles_count' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: export.cpp, line 610. export.cpp 633

void EditorExportPlatformAndroid::_fix_manifest(....)
{
  ....
  uint32_t string_count;
  uint32_t styles_count;
  uint32_t string_flags;
  uint32_t string_data_offset;
  ....
  switch(chunk)
  {
    case CHUNK_STRINGS:
    {
      int iofs=ofs+8;
      uint32_t string_count=decode_uint32(....);
      uint32_t styles_count=decode_uint32(....);
      uint32_t string_flags=decode_uint32(....);
      uint32_t string_data_offset=decode_uint32(....);
      uint32_t styles_offset=decode_uint32(....);
      ....
    }
    ....
  }
  ....
}

Godot Engine

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'all_const' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: shader_language.cpp, line 1225. shader_language.cpp 1274

ShaderLanguage::Node*
ShaderLanguage::validate_function_call(....)
{
  ....
  bool all_const=true;
  ....
  if (p_func->op==OP_CONSTRUCT && all_const)
  {
    bool all_const=false;
    ....
  }
  ....
}

Telegram

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'assocHandlers' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: pspecific_wnd.cpp, line 2031. Telegram pspecific_wnd.cpp 2107

bool psShowOpenWithMenu(....)
{
  ....
  IEnumAssocHandlers *assocHandlers = 0;
  ....
  if (....)
  {
    ....
    IEnumAssocHandlers *assocHandlers = 0;
    ....
  }
  ....
}

Similar errors can be found in some other places:

• V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'ms' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: window.cpp, line 1371. Telegram window.cpp 1467

Firebird

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'exit_code' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: svc.cpp, line 1893. svc.cpp 1898

THREAD_ENTRY_DECLARE Service::run(THREAD_ENTRY_PARAM arg)
{
  int exit_code = -1;
  try
  {
    Service* svc = (Service*)arg;
    RefPtr<SvcMutex> ref(svc->svc_existence);
    int exit_code = svc->svc_service_run->serv_thd(svc);

    svc->started();
    svc->svc_sem_full.release();
    svc->finish(SVC_finished);
  }
  catch (const Exception& ex)
  {
    // Not much we can do here
    iscLogException("Exception in Service::run():", ex);
  }

  return (THREAD_ENTRY_RETURN)(IPTR) exit_code;
}

OpenJDK

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'maybe_null' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: graphKit.cpp, line 2170. graphKit.cpp 2175

Node* GraphKit::record_profiled_receiver_for_speculation(Node* n)
{
  ....
  ciKlass* exact_kls = profile_has_unique_klass();
  bool maybe_null = true;
  if (java_bc() == Bytecodes::_checkcast ||
      java_bc() == Bytecodes::_instanceof ||
      java_bc() == Bytecodes::_aastore) {
    ciProfileData* data =
      method()->method_data()->bci_to_data(bci());
    bool maybe_null = data == NULL ? true :    // <=
                      data->as_BitData()->null_seen();
  }
  return record_profile_for_speculation(n,
    exact_kls, maybe_null);
  return n;
}

Chromium

V561 CWE-563 It's probably better to assign value to 'signin_scoped_device_id' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: profile_sync_service.cc, line 900. profile_sync_service.cc 906

void ProfileSyncService::OnEngineInitialized(....)
{
  ....
  std::string signin_scoped_device_id;
  if (IsLocalSyncEnabled()) {
    signin_scoped_device_id = "local_device";
  } else {
    SigninClient* signin_client = ....;
    DCHECK(signin_client);
    std::string signin_scoped_device_id =                 // <=
        signin_client->GetSigninScopedDeviceId();
  }
  ....
}

A new variable signin_scoped_device_id shouldn't be declared, an existing one should be used.

Amazon Lumberyard

V561 CWE-563 It's probably better to assign value to 'pLibrary' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: entityobject.cpp, line 4703. entityobject.cpp 4706

void CEntityObject::OnMenuConvertToPrefab()
{
  ....
  IDataBaseLibrary* pLibrary = GetIEditor()->Get....;
  if (pLibrary == NULL)
  {
    IDataBaseLibrary* pLibrary = GetIEditor()->Get....;
  }

  if (pLibrary == NULL)
  {
    QString sError = tr(....);
    CryMessageBox(....);
    return;
  }
  ....
}

Similar errors can be found in some other places:

• V561 CWE-563 It's probably better to assign value to 'eType' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: toglsloperand.c, line 838. toglsloperand.c 1224
• V561 CWE-563 It's probably better to assign value to 'eType' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: toglsloperand.c, line 838. toglsloperand.c 1305
• V561 CWE-563 It's probably better to assign value to 'rSkelPose' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: attachmentmanager.cpp, line 409. attachmentmanager.cpp 458
• And 8 additional diagnostic messages.

NCBI Genome Workbench

V561 It's probably better to assign value to 'seq' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: validator.cpp, line 490. validator.cpp 492

bool CValidator::IsSeqLocCorrectlyOrdered(const CSeq_loc& loc, CScope& scope)
{
  CBioseq_Handle seq;
  try {
    CBioseq_Handle seq = scope.GetBioseqHandle(loc);
  } catch (CObjMgrException& ) {
    // no way to tell
    return true;
  } catch (const exception& ) {
    // no way to tell
    return true;
  }
  if (seq  &&  seq.GetInst_Topology() == CSeq_inst::eTopology_circular) {
    // no way to check if topology is circular
    return true;
  }

  return CheckConsecutiveIntervals(loc, scope, x_IsCorrectlyOrdered);
}

Qt

V561 [CWE-563] It's probably better to assign value to 'selectedPhraseBook' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: mainwindow.cpp, line 1303. mainwindow.cpp 1313

void MainWindow::addToPhraseBook()
{
  ....
  QString selectedPhraseBook;
  if (phraseBookList.size() == 1) {
    selectedPhraseBook = phraseBookList.at(0);
    if (QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Add to phrase book"),
          tr("Adding entry to phrasebook %1").arg(selectedPhraseBook),
           QMessageBox::Ok | QMessageBox::Cancel, QMessageBox::Ok)
                          != QMessageBox::Ok)
      return;
  } else {
    bool okPressed = false;
    QString selectedPhraseBook =
      QInputDialog::getItem(this, tr("Add to phrase book"),
                            tr("Select phrase book to add to"),
                            phraseBookList, 0, false, &okPressed);
    if (!okPressed)
      return;
  }

  MessageItem *currentMessage = m_dataModel->messageItem(m_currentIndex);
  Phrase *phrase = new Phrase(currentMessage->text(),
                              currentMessage->translation(),
                              QString(), nullptr);

  phraseBookHash.value(selectedPhraseBook)->append(phrase);
}

Overgrowth

V561 [CERT-DCL01-C] It's probably better to assign value to 'other_radius_sq' variable than to declare it anew. Previous declaration: scenegraph.cpp, line 2006. scenegraph.cpp 2010

bool SceneGraph::AddDynamicDecal(....)
{
  ....
  float other_radius_sq = ....;
  if(....)
  {
    ....
    float other_radius_sq = ....;
  }
  ....
}