From c3cc4974d12876862e57d32e990adf97a9e07679 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:33:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] silence uninitialized access valgrind warning

---
 lib/colvars/colvar.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/colvars/colvar.cpp b/lib/colvars/colvar.cpp
index 700d3752ac..0cb5c1ebdb 100644
--- a/lib/colvars/colvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/colvars/colvar.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ colvar::colvar()
   after_restart = false;
   kinetic_energy = 0.0;
   potential_energy = 0.0;
+  period = 0.0;
 
 #ifdef LEPTON
   dev_null = 0.0;