Issue #8914: fix various warnings from the Clang static analyzer v254.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 327e470..563395a 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -3407,7 +3407,7 @@
         goto finally;
     af = sa->sa_family;
     ap = NULL;
-    al = 0;
+    /* al = 0; */
     switch (af) {
     case AF_INET:
         ap = (char *)&((struct sockaddr_in *)sa)->sin_addr;