Why don't I get warning C4101 (unreferenced local variable) for an unused local vector?

Question

In the project I'm working on, the compiler stops the build with C4101 if there's a local variable, such as an int, that never gets referenced. However, when I declare a local vector<int> and never mention it again, the build succeeds with no warning or error. Is this intended behavior? Does it have something to do with memory allocation?

Answer 1

Hi eugenern,

After testing, I encountered the same result as you, which will cause warning C4101. You only need to initialize local variables to solve this problem, or do not use uninitialized variables.

Regarding why there is no warning for vector<int>, we can see that vector is a class, and class will automatically call the default constructor when defining variables, which will initialize it, so vector<int> will not cause this problem.

Best regards,

Elya

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