2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 611e459d2a8..893ad867c2a 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-10-15  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        * bidi.c (bidi_find_bracket_pairs): Initialize local var.
+        This pacifies GCC 4.9.1 with --enable-gcc-warnings.
+        It's not clear to me whether the initialization is needed,
+        but it can't hurt so I played it safe.
+
 2014-10-15  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
         * lisp.mk (lisp): Add emacs-lisp/eldoc.elc.
diff --git a/src/bidi.c b/src/bidi.c
index 464879ddf98..67eb59e7899 100644
--- a/src/bidi.c
+++ b/src/bidi.c
@@ -2450,7 +2450,7 @@ bidi_find_bracket_pairs (struct bidi_it *bidi_it)
             }
           else if (bidi_get_category (bidi_it->type_after_wn) != NEUTRAL)
             {
-              unsigned flag;
+              unsigned flag = 0;
               int sp;
 
               /* Whenever we see a strong type, update the flags of