12.3.3 Precise rules for determining definite assignment
In order to determine that each used variable is definitely assigned, the
compiler must use a process that is
equivalent to the one described in this section.
The compiler processes the body of each function member that has one or
more initially unassigned
variables. For each initially unassigned variable v, the compiler
determines a definite assignment state for v
at each of the following points in the function member:
?At the beginning of each statement
?At the end point (?5.1) of each statement
?On each arc which transfers control to another statement or to the end
point of a statement
?At the beginning of each expression
?At the end of each expression
The definite assignment state of v can be either:
?Definitely assigned. This indicates that on all possible control flows
to this point, v has been
assigned a value.
?Not definitely assigned. For the state of a variable at the end of an
expression of type bool, the state
of a variable that isn.t definitely assigned may (but doesn.t necessarily)
fall into one of the
following sub-states:
o Definitely assigned after true expression. This state indicates that v
is definitely assigned if
the boolean expression evaluated as true, but is not necessarily assigned
if the boolean
expression evaluated as false.
o Definitely assigned after false expression. This state indicates that v
is definitely assigned if
the boolean expression evaluated as false, but is not necessarily assigned
if the boolean
expression evaluated as true.
The following rules govern how the state of a variable v is determined at
each location.
