A value assigned to a variable is never used.
Defect 77722 (STATIC_C)
  Checker UNUSED_VALUE (subcategory none)
  File:  /src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/btree/bt_walk.c
  Function __tree_walk_internal
    /src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/btree/bt_walk.c, line: 592
    Overwriting previous write to "couple" with value from "ref". 
descend: couple = ref;
    /src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/btree/bt_walk.c, line: 353
    Assigning value from "couple_orig" to "couple" here, but that stored value is overwritten before it can be used. 
couple = couple_orig = ref = &btree->root;