diff --git a/compile.c b/compile.c
index 41915f6..8162723 100644
--- a/compile.c
+++ b/compile.c
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ CORD compile_statement(env_t *env, ast_t *ast)
     }
     default:
         if (!is_discardable(env, ast))
-            code_err(ast, "The result of this statement cannot be discarded");
+            code_err(ast, "The %T result of this statement cannot be discarded", get_type(env, ast));
         return CORD_asprintf("(void)%r;", compile(env, ast));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tomo.c b/tomo.c
index 40cf3de..4b72da1 100644
--- a/tomo.c
+++ b/tomo.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ typedef enum { MODE_TRANSPILE = 0, MODE_COMPILE_OBJ = 1, MODE_COMPILE_SHARED_OBJ
 
 static bool verbose = false;
 static bool show_codegen = false;
-static CORD autofmt, cconfig, cflags, ldlibs, ldflags, cc;
+static CORD autofmt = CORD_EMPTY, cconfig = CORD_EMPTY, cflags = CORD_EMPTY, ldlibs = CORD_EMPTY, ldflags = CORD_EMPTY, cc = CORD_EMPTY;
 
 static int transpile_header(env_t *base_env, const char *filename, bool force_retranspile);
 static int transpile_code(env_t *base_env, const char *filename, bool force_retranspile);