diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ae501b093f..5f48063187 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Thu May  4 02:24:16 2006  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ext/syck/emitter.c (syck_scan_scalar): avoid accessing
+	  uninitialized array element.  a patch from Pat Eyler
+	  <rubypate at gmail.com>.  [ruby-core:07809]
+
+	* array.c (rb_ary_fill): initialize local variables first.  a
+	  patch from Pat Eyler <rubypate at gmail.com>.  [ruby-core:07810]
+
 Wed May  3 02:12:07 2006  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/socket/socket.c (make_hostent_internal): accept ai_family
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index 240760ef83..e886c2fa55 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@ rb_ary_fill(argc, argv, ary)
     VALUE ary;
 {
     VALUE item, arg1, arg2;
-    long beg = 0, end, len;
+    long beg = 0, end = 0, len = 0;
     VALUE *p, *pend;
     int block_p = Qfalse;
 
diff --git a/ext/syck/emitter.c b/ext/syck/emitter.c
index f8d7b548a9..9c8ab8d49b 100644
--- a/ext/syck/emitter.c
+++ b/ext/syck/emitter.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ syck_scan_scalar( int req_width, char *cursor, long len )
     }
     if ( ( cursor[0] == '-' || cursor[0] == ':' ||
            cursor[0] == '?' || cursor[0] == ',' ) &&
-           ( cursor[1] == ' ' || cursor[1] == '\n' || len == 1 ) )
+           ( len == 1 || cursor[1] == ' ' || cursor[1] == '\n' ) )
     {
             flags |= SCAN_INDIC_S;
     }