The compiler cannot figure out if this is assigned properly

The logic is a bit complex so we're going to have to silence the
warning with this explicit assignment.

diff --git a/common/network/TcpSocket.cxx b/common/network/TcpSocket.cxx
index 2545034c8e73c9844ccfed65220a23a44a8ab283..5158e805dd333694c07079542eac83dddcfa9108 100644 (file)
--- a/common/network/TcpSocket.cxx
+++ b/common/network/TcpSocket.cxx
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ TcpSocket::TcpSocket(const char *host, int port)
                    gai_strerror(result));
   }
 
+  // This logic is too complex for the compiler to determine if
+  // sock is properly assigned or not.
+  sock = -1;
+
   for (current = ai; current != NULL; current = current->ai_next) {
     family = current->ai_family;