Issue #16588: Silence unused-but-set warnings in Python/thread_pthread.h
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d0960b7..d930f32 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #16588: Silence unused-but-set warnings in Python/thread_pthread.h
+
 - Issue #16306: Fix multiple error messages when unknown command line
   parameters where passed to the interpreter.  Patch by Hieu Nguyen.
 
diff --git a/Python/thread_pthread.h b/Python/thread_pthread.h
index 3cde035..de42f1a 100644
--- a/Python/thread_pthread.h
+++ b/Python/thread_pthread.h
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@
     sem_t *thelock = (sem_t *)lock;
     int status, error = 0;
 
+    (void) error; /* silence unused-but-set-variable warning */
     dprintf(("PyThread_free_lock(%p) called\n", lock));
 
     if (!thelock)
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@
     int status, error = 0;
     struct timespec ts;
 
+    (void) error; /* silence unused-but-set-variable warning */
     dprintf(("PyThread_acquire_lock_timed(%p, %lld, %d) called\n",
              lock, microseconds, intr_flag));
 
@@ -391,6 +393,7 @@
     sem_t *thelock = (sem_t *)lock;
     int status, error = 0;
 
+    (void) error; /* silence unused-but-set-variable warning */
     dprintf(("PyThread_release_lock(%p) called\n", lock));
 
     status = sem_post(thelock);