diff --git a/include/rapidjson/schema.h b/include/rapidjson/schema.h
index 226fea4..5f25b9b 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/schema.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/schema.h
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ private:
                         const PointerType relPointer(s, len, allocator_);
                         if (relPointer.IsValid()) {
                             // Get the subschema
-                            if (const ValueType *v = relPointer.Get(*base)) {
+                            if (const ValueType *pv = relPointer.Get(*base)) {
                                 // Now get the absolute JSON pointer by adding relative to base
                                 PointerType pointer(basePointer);
                                 for (SizeType i = 0; i < relPointer.GetTokenCount(); i++)
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ private:
                                     // Call CreateSchema recursively, but first compute the in-scope id for the $ref target as we have jumped there
                                     // TODO: cache pointer <-> id mapping
                                     scopeId = pointer.GetUri(document, docId_);
-                                    CreateSchema(schema, pointer, *v, document, scopeId);
+                                    CreateSchema(schema, pointer, *pv, document, scopeId);
                                     return true;
                                 }
                             }
@@ -1852,14 +1852,14 @@ private:
                         // See if the fragment matches an id in this document.
                         // Search from the base we just established. Returns the subschema in the document and its absolute JSON pointer.
                         PointerType pointer = PointerType();
-                        if (const ValueType *v = FindId(*base, ref, pointer, UriType(ref.GetBase()), true, basePointer)) {
-                            if (v && !IsCyclicRef(pointer)) {
+                        if (const ValueType *pv = FindId(*base, ref, pointer, UriType(ref.GetBase()), true, basePointer)) {
+                            if (!IsCyclicRef(pointer)) {
                                 //GenericStringBuffer<EncodingType> sb;
                                 //pointer.StringifyUriFragment(sb);
                                 // Call CreateSchema recursively, but first compute the in-scope id for the $ref target as we have jumped there
                                 // TODO: cache pointer <-> id mapping
                                 scopeId = pointer.GetUri(document, docId_);
-                                CreateSchema(schema, pointer, *v, document, scopeId);
+                                CreateSchema(schema, pointer, *pv, document, scopeId);
                                 return true;
                             }
                         }
diff --git a/include/rapidjson/uri.h b/include/rapidjson/uri.h
index 1e5b46f..e72976d 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/uri.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/uri.h
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ public:
     typedef std::basic_string<Ch> String;
 
     // Constructors
-    GenericUri() {}
+    GenericUri() : uri_(), base_(), scheme_(), auth_(), path_(), query_(), frag_() {}
 
-    GenericUri(const String& uri) {
+    GenericUri(const String& uri) : uri_(), base_(), scheme_(), auth_(), path_(), query_(), frag_() {
         Parse(uri);
     }
 
-    GenericUri(const Ch* uri, SizeType len) {
+    GenericUri(const Ch* uri, SizeType len) : uri_(), base_(), scheme_(), auth_(), path_(), query_(), frag_() {
         Parse(String(uri, len));
     }
 
     // Use with specializations of GenericValue
-    template<typename T> GenericUri(const T& uri) {
+    template<typename T> GenericUri(const T& uri) : uri_(), base_(), scheme_(), auth_(), path_(), query_(), frag_() {
         Parse(uri.template Get<String>());
     }
 
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ private:
         //std::cout << "Final Temp: '" << temp.c_str() << "' Final Path: '" << path.c_str() << "'" << std::endl;
     }
 
-    String uri_ = String();    // Full uri
-    String base_ = String();   // Everything except fragment
-    String scheme_ = String(); // Includes the :
-    String auth_ = String();   // Includes the //
-    String path_ = String();   // Absolute if starts with /
-    String query_ = String();  // Includes the ?
-    String frag_ = String();   // Includes the #
+    String uri_;    // Full uri
+    String base_;   // Everything except fragment
+    String scheme_; // Includes the :
+    String auth_;   // Includes the //
+    String path_;   // Absolute if starts with /
+    String query_;  // Includes the ?
+    String frag_;   // Includes the #
 };
 
 //! GenericUri for Value (UTF-8, default allocator).