>From 6ef9c33342e6cdb898e157997ea33ed2ab8e00cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2022 03:18:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] gnulib-tool.py: Don't initialize local variables too
 early.

* gnulib-tool.py (main): Initialize each local variable in one place.
I prefer to have pylint tell me about uninitialized variables than to
get the value None at runtime.
---
 ChangeLog      |  5 +++++
 gnulib-tool.py | 33 +++++++--------------------------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fde81debea..dc968b8982 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2022-08-05  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	gnulib-tool.py: Don't initialize local variables too early.
+	* gnulib-tool.py (main): Initialize each local variable in one place.
+	I prefer to have pylint tell me about uninitialized variables than to
+	get the value None at runtime.
+
 	gnulib-tool.py: Finish implementing option --po-domain.
 	* gnulib-tool.py (main): Accept option --po-domain.
 	* pygnulib/GLEmiter.py (GLEmiter.po_POTFILES_in): Fix variable
diff --git a/gnulib-tool.py b/gnulib-tool.py
index 8dbf2d06a8..78bb326a69 100755
--- a/gnulib-tool.py
+++ b/gnulib-tool.py
@@ -67,32 +67,6 @@ isfile = os.path.isfile
 # Define main part
 #===============================================================================
 def main():
-    # Reset arguments
-    mode = None
-    destdir = None
-    localpath = None
-    verbose = None
-    auxdir = None
-    modules = None
-    avoids = None
-    sourcebase = None
-    m4base = None
-    pobase = None
-    docbase = None
-    testsbase = None
-    tests = None
-    libname = None
-    lgpl = None
-    makefile_name = None
-    libtool = None
-    conddeps = None
-    macro_prefix = None
-    podomain = None
-    witness_c_macro = None
-    vc_files = None
-    dryrun = None
-    errors = None
-
     info = classes.GLInfo()
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog=constants.APP['name'],
@@ -467,6 +441,9 @@ def main():
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # Determine selected mode.
+    mode = None
+    modules = None
+    files = None
     if cmdargs.mode_list != None:
         mode = 'list'
     if cmdargs.mode_import != None:
@@ -671,6 +648,10 @@ def main():
     symlink = cmdargs.symlink == True
     lsymlink = cmdargs.lsymlink == True
     single_configure = cmdargs.single_configure
+    docbase = None
+    conddeps = None
+    witness_c_macro = None
+    vc_files = None
 
     # Create pygnulib configuration.
     config = classes.GLConfig(
-- 
2.34.1