54589: remove dead code identified by scan-build

20 files changed, 47 insertions, 57 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ed22d83f..9a4d6366b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2026-05-26  Oliver Kiddle  <opk@zsh.org>
+
+	* 54589: Src/Modules/socket.c, Src/Modules/zftp.c,
+	Src/Modules/zpty.c, Src/Zle/compcore.c, Src/Zle/compctl.c,
+	Src/Zle/complist.c, Src/Zle/compmatch.c, Src/Zle/compresult.c,
+	Src/Zle/computil.c, Src/Zle/zle_keymap.c, Src/Zle/zle_tricky.c,
+	Src/builtin.c, Src/exec.c, Src/glob.c, Src/init.c, Src/params.c,
+	Src/prompt.c, Src/sort.c, Src/subst.c: remove dead code
+	identified by scan-build
+
 2026-05-25  dana  <dana@dana.is>
 
 	* Josh Triplett: unposted: Completion/Debian/Command/_dak,
diff --git a/Src/Modules/socket.c b/Src/Modules/socket.c
index 2c8a48c28..3ecab42c9 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/socket.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/socket.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 static int
 bin_zsocket(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
 {
-    int err=1, verbose=0, test=0, targetfd=0;
+    int verbose=0, test=0, targetfd=0;
     ZSOCKLEN_T len;
     struct sockaddr_un soun = { 0 };
     int sfd;
@@ -236,8 +236,7 @@ bin_zsocket(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
 	    return 1;
 	}
 
-	int err = shutdown(atoi(args[0]), SHUT_WR);
-	if (err)
+	if (shutdown(atoi(args[0]), SHUT_WR))
 	    zwarn("shutdown failed: %e", errno);
     }
     else
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ bin_zsocket(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
 	soun.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 	strncpy(soun.sun_path, args[0], sizeof(soun.sun_path)-1);
 	
-	if ((err = connect(sfd, (struct sockaddr *)&soun, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)))) {
+	if (connect(sfd, (struct sockaddr *)&soun, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un))) {
 	    zwarnnam(nam, "connection failed: %e", errno);
 	    close(sfd);
 	    return 1;
diff --git a/Src/Modules/zftp.c b/Src/Modules/zftp.c
index ecabf3430..29170ad11 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/zftp.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/zftp.c
@@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ zfgetinfo(char *prompt, int noecho)
     }
 
     if (fgets(instr, 256, stdin) == NULL)
-	instr[len = 0] = '\0';
+	instr[0] = '\0';
     else if (instr[len = strlen(instr)-1] == '\n')
 	instr[len] = '\0';
 
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ zftp_getput(char *name, char **args, int flags)
     for (; *args; args++) {
 	char *ln, *rest = NULL;
 	off_t startat = 0;
-	if (progress && (shfunc = getshfunc("zftp_progress"))) {
+	if (progress && getshfunc("zftp_progress")) {
 	    off_t sz = -1;
 	    /*
 	     * This calls the SIZE command to get the size for remote
diff --git a/Src/Modules/zpty.c b/Src/Modules/zpty.c
index d87e32744..de450be7a 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/zpty.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/zpty.c
@@ -534,11 +534,10 @@ static void
 checkptycmd(Ptycmd cmd)
 {
     unsigned char c;
-    int r;
 
     if (cmd->read != -1 || cmd->fin)
 	return;
-    if ((r = read(cmd->fd, &c, 1)) <= 0) {
+    if (read(cmd->fd, &c, 1) <= 0) {
 	if (kill(cmd->pid, 0) < 0) {
 	    cmd->fin = 1;
 	    zclose(cmd->fd);
diff --git a/Src/Zle/compcore.c b/Src/Zle/compcore.c
index 54e6146ad..d7cdd76f7 100644
--- a/Src/Zle/compcore.c
+++ b/Src/Zle/compcore.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ check_param(char *s, int set, int test)
     if (found &&
 	p[1] != Inpar && p[1] != Inbrack && p[1] != Snull) {
 	/* This is a parameter expression, not $(...), $[...], $'...'. */
-	char *b = p + 1, *e = b, *ie;
+	char *b = p + 1, *e, *ie;
 	int br = 1, nest = 0;
 
 	if (*b == Inbrace) {
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ set_comp_sep(void)
 	return 1;
     owb = offs;
     offs = soffs;
-    if ((p = check_param(ns, 0, 1))) {
+    if (check_param(ns, 0, 1)) {
 	for (p = ns; *p; p++)
 	    if (*p == Dnull)
 		*p = '"';
diff --git a/Src/Zle/compctl.c b/Src/Zle/compctl.c
index de3ccdfce..acd4b0435 100644
--- a/Src/Zle/compctl.c
+++ b/Src/Zle/compctl.c
@@ -1462,8 +1462,6 @@ printcompctl(char *s, Compctl cc, int printflags, int ispat)
 
 	while (cc2) {
 	    /* loop over conditions */
-	    c = cc2->cond;
-
 	    printf(" '");
 	    for (c = cc2->cond; c;) {
 		/* loop over or's */
@@ -2886,7 +2884,7 @@ sep_comp_string(char *ss, char *s, int noffs)
 	return 1;
     owb = offs;
     offs = soffs;
-    if ((p = check_param(ns, 0, 1))) {
+    if (check_param(ns, 0, 1)) {
 	for (p = ns; *p; p++)
 	    if (*p == Dnull)
 		*p = '"';
@@ -3609,8 +3607,7 @@ makecomplistflags(Compctl cc, char *s, int incmd, int compadd)
 					} else {
 					    /* Otherwise ignore the path we *
 					     * prepended to the pattern.    */
-					    while ((p2 = p3 =
-						    (char *)ugetnode(l))) {
+					    while ((p3 = (char *) ugetnode(l))) {
 						for (ns = sf1; *p3 && ns; p3++)
 						    if (*p3 == '/')
 							ns--;
diff --git a/Src/Zle/complist.c b/Src/Zle/complist.c
index f7d52ebdf..f4d22a968 100644
--- a/Src/Zle/complist.c
+++ b/Src/Zle/complist.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ doiscol(int pos)
 static int
 clprintfmt(char *p, int ml)
 {
-    int cc = 0, i = 0, ask, beg;
+    int cc = 0, i = 0, ask;
 
     initiscol();
 
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ clprintfmt(char *p, int ml)
 	    chrlen--;
 	    p++;
 	}
-	if ((beg = !(cc % zterm_columns)))
+	if (!(cc % zterm_columns))
 	    ml++;
 	if (mscroll && !(cc % zterm_columns) &&
 	    !--mrestlines && (ask = asklistscroll(ml)))
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int
 compprintfmt(char *fmt, int n, int dopr, int doesc, int ml, int *stop)
 {
     char *p, nc[2*DIGBUFSIZE + 12], nbuf[2*DIGBUFSIZE + 12];
-    int l = 0, cc = 0, m, ask, beg, stat;
+    int l = 0, cc = 0, m, beg, stat;
 
     if ((stat = !fmt)) {
 	if (mlbeg >= 0) {
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ compprintfmt(char *fmt, int n, int dopr, int doesc, int ml, int *stop)
 		    ml++;
                     fputs(" \010", shout);
                 }
-		if (mscroll && beg && !--mrestlines && (ask = asklistscroll(ml))) {
+		if (mscroll && beg && !--mrestlines && asklistscroll(ml)) {
 		    *stop = 1;
 		    if (stat && n)
 			mfirstl = -1;
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ compprintlist(int showall)
 		q = p;
 		while (n && i-- && !errflag) {
 		    wid = (g->widths ? g->widths[mc] : g->width);
-		    if (!(m = *q)) {
+		    if (!*q) {
 			if (clprintm(g, NULL, mc, ml, (!i), wid))
 			    goto end;
 			break;
diff --git a/Src/Zle/compmatch.c b/Src/Zle/compmatch.c
index dfb56a03b..a9e42e698 100644
--- a/Src/Zle/compmatch.c
+++ b/Src/Zle/compmatch.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ free_cline(Cline l)
 Cline
 cp_cline(Cline l, int deep)
 {
-    Cline r = NULL, *p = &r, t, lp = NULL;
+    Cline r = NULL, *p = &r, t;
 
     while (l) {
 	if ((t = freecl))
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ cp_cline(Cline l, int deep)
 	    if (t->suffix)
 		t->suffix = cp_cline(t->suffix, 0);
 	}
-	*p = lp = t;
+	*p = t;
 	p = &(t->next);
 	l = l->next;
     }
diff --git a/Src/Zle/compresult.c b/Src/Zle/compresult.c
index 5db573d1f..3a73a2dd9 100644
--- a/Src/Zle/compresult.c
+++ b/Src/Zle/compresult.c
@@ -963,10 +963,9 @@ do_single(Cmatch m)
     int l, sr = 0, scs;
     int havesuff = 0;
     int partest = (m->ripre || ((m->flags & CMF_ISPAR) && parpre));
-    char *str = m->orig, *ppre = m->ppre, *psuf = m->psuf, *prpre = m->prpre;
+    char *str = m->orig, *psuf = m->psuf, *prpre = m->prpre;
 
     if (!prpre) prpre = "";
-    if (!ppre) ppre = "";
     if (!psuf) psuf = "";
 
     fixsuffix();
@@ -1136,7 +1135,6 @@ do_single(Cmatch m)
 	    /*{{*/
 	    /* Otherwise, add a `,' suffix, and let `}' remove it. */
 	    zlemetacs = scs;
-	    havesuff = 1;
 	    inststrlen(",", 1, 1);
 	    minfo.insc++;
 	    makesuffix(1);
@@ -2121,7 +2119,7 @@ printlist(int over, CLPrintFunc printm, int showall)
 		q = p;
 		while (n && i--) {
 		    wid = (g->widths ? g->widths[mc] : g->width);
-		    if (!(m = *q)) {
+		    if (!*q) {
 			printm(g, NULL, mc, ml, (!i), wid);
 			break;
 		    }
diff --git a/Src/Zle/computil.c b/Src/Zle/computil.c
index 81668dc73..43018c2e5 100644
--- a/Src/Zle/computil.c
+++ b/Src/Zle/computil.c
@@ -3481,7 +3481,6 @@ cv_parse_word(Cvdef d)
                         more[-1] = sav;
                     } else {
                         zaddlinknode(state.vals, tricat(arg, compsuffix, ""));
-                        nosfx = 1;
                     }
                 } else
                     zaddlinknode(state.vals, ztrdup(""));
@@ -4694,10 +4693,9 @@ cfp_opt_pats(char **pats, char *matcher)
 		    for (s = add; *s && !idigit(*s); s++);
 		    *s = '\0';
 		} else if (*q == '[') {
-		    int not;
 		    char *x = ++q;
 
-		    if ((not = (*x == '!' || *x == '^')))
+		    if (*x == '!' || *x == '^')
 			x++;
 		    for (; *x; x++) {
 			if (x[1] == '-' && x[2]) {
diff --git a/Src/Zle/zle_keymap.c b/Src/Zle/zle_keymap.c
index e26895a2b..e28ff6f35 100644
--- a/Src/Zle/zle_keymap.c
+++ b/Src/Zle/zle_keymap.c
@@ -1778,7 +1778,6 @@ getkeycmd(void)
     if(!func) {
 	if (++hops == 20) {
 	    zerr("string inserting another one too many times");
-	    hops = 0;
 	    return NULL;
 	}
 	ungetbytes_unmeta(str, strlen(str));
diff --git a/Src/Zle/zle_tricky.c b/Src/Zle/zle_tricky.c
index 77fa5fbe4..a1aa9b35f 100644
--- a/Src/Zle/zle_tricky.c
+++ b/Src/Zle/zle_tricky.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ parambeg(char *s)
 	 * This is really a parameter expression (not $(...) or $[...]
 	 * or $'...').
 	 */
-	char *b = p + 1, *e = b;
+	char *b = p + 1, *e;
 	int n = 0, br = 1;
 
 	if (*b == Inbrace) {
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ get_comp_string(void)
 	     * so start at the beginning of the line and continue
 	     * until cspos.
 	     */
-	    wptr = cptr = zlemetaline;
+	    wptr = zlemetaline;
 	    for (;;) {
 		cptr = itype_end(wptr, IIDENT, 0);
 		if (cptr == wptr) {
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ get_comp_string(void)
 	    char *sqbr = zlemetaline + wb - 1, *cptr, *wptr;
 
 	    /* Need to search forward for word characters */
-	    cptr = wptr = zlemetaline;
+	    wptr = zlemetaline;
 	    for (;;) {
 		cptr = itype_end(wptr, IIDENT, 0);
 		if (cptr == wptr) {
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ get_comp_string(void)
     }
     /* This variable will hold the current word in quoted form. */
     offs = zlemetacs - wb;
-    if ((p = parambeg(s))) {
+    if (parambeg(s)) {
 	for (p = s; *p; p++)
 	    if (*p == Dnull)
 		*p = '"';
diff --git a/Src/builtin.c b/Src/builtin.c
index 7a611f3ad..96bfd64cb 100644
--- a/Src/builtin.c
+++ b/Src/builtin.c
@@ -6592,8 +6592,7 @@ bin_read(char *name, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
     if (OPT_ISSET(ops,'t')) {
 	zlong timeout = 0;
 	if (OPT_HASARG(ops,'t')) {
-	    mnumber mn = zero_mnumber;
-	    mn = matheval(OPT_ARG(ops,'t'));
+	    mnumber mn = matheval(OPT_ARG(ops,'t'));
 	    if (errflag)
 		return 1;
 	    if (mn.type == MN_FLOAT) {
diff --git a/Src/exec.c b/Src/exec.c
index 894f9a47a..925f0b6db 100644
--- a/Src/exec.c
+++ b/Src/exec.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ search_defpath(char *cmd, char *pbuf, int plen)
 {
     char *ps = DEFAULT_PATH, *pe = NULL, *s;
 
-    for (ps = DEFAULT_PATH; ps; ps = pe ? pe+1 : NULL) {
+    for (; ps; ps = pe ? pe+1 : NULL) {
 	pe = strchr(ps, ':');
 	if (*ps == '/') {
 	    s = pbuf;
@@ -1532,9 +1532,9 @@ execlist(Estate state, int dont_change_job, int exiting)
 	    case WC_SUBLIST_AND:
 		/* If the return code is non-zero, we skip pipelines until *
 		 * we find a sublist followed by ORNEXT.                   */
-		if ((ret = ((WC_SUBLIST_FLAGS(code) & WC_SUBLIST_SIMPLE) ?
+		if (((WC_SUBLIST_FLAGS(code) & WC_SUBLIST_SIMPLE) ?
 			    execsimple(state) :
-			    execpline(state, code, Z_SYNC, 0))) || breaks) {
+			    execpline(state, code, Z_SYNC, 0)) || breaks) {
 		    state->pc = next;
 		    code = *state->pc++;
 		    next = state->pc + WC_SUBLIST_SKIP(code);
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ execlist(Estate state, int dont_change_job, int exiting)
 	    case WC_SUBLIST_OR:
 		/* If the return code is zero, we skip pipelines until *
 		 * we find a sublist followed by ANDNEXT.              */
-		if (!(ret = ((WC_SUBLIST_FLAGS(code) & WC_SUBLIST_SIMPLE) ?
+		if (!(((WC_SUBLIST_FLAGS(code) & WC_SUBLIST_SIMPLE) ?
 			     execsimple(state) :
 			     execpline(state, code, Z_SYNC, 0))) || breaks) {
 		    state->pc = next;
@@ -2721,11 +2721,8 @@ execsubst(LinkList strs)
 {
     if (strs) {
 	prefork(strs, esprefork, NULL);
-	if (esglob && !errflag) {
-	    LinkList ostrs = strs;
+	if (esglob && !errflag)
 	    globlist(strs, 0);
-	    strs = ostrs;
-	}
     }
 }
 
@@ -5272,7 +5269,7 @@ static int
 execarith(Estate state, UNUSED(int do_exec))
 {
     char *e;
-    mnumber val = zero_mnumber;
+    mnumber val;
     int htok = 0;
 
     if (isset(XTRACE)) {
diff --git a/Src/glob.c b/Src/glob.c
index 7511c1c15..e9967cad1 100644
--- a/Src/glob.c
+++ b/Src/glob.c
@@ -849,7 +849,6 @@ qgetmodespec(char **s)
     if ((c = *p) == '=' || c == Equals || c == '+' || c == '-' ||
 	c == '?' || c == Quest || (c >= '0' && c <= '7')) {
 	end = 0;
-	c = 0;
     } else {
 	end = (c == '<' ? '>' :
 	       (c == '[' ? ']' :
diff --git a/Src/init.c b/Src/init.c
index a422036c7..28bff0763 100644
--- a/Src/init.c
+++ b/Src/init.c
@@ -548,10 +548,8 @@ parseopts(char *nam, char ***argvp, char *new_opts, char **cmdp,
     }
  doneargv:
     *argvp = argv;
-    if (emulate_required) {
+    if (emulate_required)
 	parseopts_setemulate(top_emulation, flags);
-	emulate_required = 0;
-    }
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/Src/params.c b/Src/params.c
index 5fe7107af..1b3f10b46 100644
--- a/Src/params.c
+++ b/Src/params.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,6 @@ createparam(char *name, int flags)
 
 	    pm = oldpm;
 	    pm->base = pm->width = 0;
-	    oldpm = pm->old;
 	} else {
 	    pm = (Param) zshcalloc(sizeof *pm);
 	    if ((pm->old = oldpm)) {
diff --git a/Src/prompt.c b/Src/prompt.c
index 8325bfe2c..7db074da8 100644
--- a/Src/prompt.c
+++ b/Src/prompt.c
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ truecolor_terminal(void)
 mod_export zattr
 match_colour(const char **teststrp, int is_fg, int colour)
 {
-    int shft, named = 0, tc;
+    int shft, tc;
     zattr on;
 
     if (is_fg) {
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ match_colour(const char **teststrp, int is_fg, int colour)
 	    } else if (colour <= -2) {
 		return TXT_ERROR;
 	    }
-	} else if ((named = ialpha(**teststrp))) {
+	} else if (ialpha(**teststrp)) {
 	    colour = match_named_colour(teststrp);
 	    if (colour == 8) /* default */
 		return 0;
diff --git a/Src/sort.c b/Src/sort.c
index ce2b4bbc3..224741b00 100644
--- a/Src/sort.c
+++ b/Src/sort.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ strmetasort(char **array, int sortwhat, int *unmetalenp)
     for (arrptr = array, sortptrarrptr = sortptrarr, sortarrptr = sortarr;
 	 *arrptr; arrptr++, sortptrarrptr++, sortarrptr++) {
 	char *metaptr;
-	int needlen, needalloc;
+	int needlen;
 	*sortptrarrptr = sortarrptr;
 	sortarrptr->orig = *arrptr;
 
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ strmetasort(char **array, int sortwhat, int *unmetalenp)
 	 * Either we're going to need to copy it to transform it,
 	 * or we need to unmetafy it.
 	 */
-	if ((needalloc = (sortwhat &
-			  (SORTIT_IGNORING_CASE|SORTIT_IGNORING_BACKSLASHES)))
+	if ((sortwhat & (SORTIT_IGNORING_CASE|SORTIT_IGNORING_BACKSLASHES))
 	    || *metaptr == Meta) {
 	    char *s, *t, *src = *arrptr, *dst;
 	    int len;
diff --git a/Src/subst.c b/Src/subst.c
index 5f8436e28..16a3cb055 100644
--- a/Src/subst.c
+++ b/Src/subst.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ stringsubst(LinkList list, LinkNode node, int pf_flags, int *ret_flags,
     char *str  = str3, c;
 
     while (!errflag && (c = *str)) {
-	if (((c = *str) == Inang || c == OutangProc ||
+	if ((c == Inang || c == OutangProc ||
 	     (str == str3 && c == Equals))
 	    && str[1] == Inpar) {
 	    char *subst, *rest, *snew, *sptr;
@@ -2348,7 +2348,6 @@ paramsubst(LinkList l, LinkNode n, char **str, int qt, int pf_flags,
 			postmul = untok_and_escape(s + arglen, escapes,
 						   tok_arg);
 		    *t = sav;
-		    sav = *s;
 		    s = t + arglen;
 		    /* again, continue only if another start delimiter */
 		    if (memcmp(del0, s, dellen)) {