diff --git a/code/FBX/FBXExportProperty.cpp b/code/FBX/FBXExportProperty.cpp
index f8593e629..f2a63b72b 100644
--- a/code/FBX/FBXExportProperty.cpp
+++ b/code/FBX/FBXExportProperty.cpp
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ namespace FBX {
 
 FBXExportProperty::FBXExportProperty(bool v)
 : type('C')
-, data(1) {
-    data = {
-        uint8_t(v)
-    };
-}
+, data(1, uint8_t(v)) {}
 
 FBXExportProperty::FBXExportProperty(int16_t v)
 : type('Y')
diff --git a/code/Importer/IFC/IFCCurve.cpp b/code/Importer/IFC/IFCCurve.cpp
index 650ed6409..a817b4f9f 100644
--- a/code/Importer/IFC/IFCCurve.cpp
+++ b/code/Importer/IFC/IFCCurve.cpp
@@ -311,10 +311,9 @@ class TrimmedCurve : public BoundedCurve {
 public:
     // --------------------------------------------------
     TrimmedCurve(const Schema_2x3::IfcTrimmedCurve& entity, ConversionData& conv)
-        : BoundedCurve(entity,conv)
+        : BoundedCurve(entity,conv),
+          base(std::shared_ptr<const Curve>(Curve::Convert(entity.BasisCurve,conv)))
     {
-        base = std::shared_ptr<const Curve>(Curve::Convert(entity.BasisCurve,conv));
-
         typedef std::shared_ptr<const STEP::EXPRESS::DataType> Entry;
 
         // for some reason, trimmed curves can either specify a parametric value
diff --git a/code/Obj/ObjFileImporter.cpp b/code/Obj/ObjFileImporter.cpp
index 549956474..26cc6d1f9 100644
--- a/code/Obj/ObjFileImporter.cpp
+++ b/code/Obj/ObjFileImporter.cpp
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ using namespace std;
 ObjFileImporter::ObjFileImporter()
 : m_Buffer()
 , m_pRootObject( nullptr )
-, m_strAbsPath( "" ) {
-    DefaultIOSystem io;
-    m_strAbsPath = io.getOsSeparator();
-}
+, m_strAbsPath( std::string(1, DefaultIOSystem().getOsSeparator()) ) {}
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Destructor.
diff --git a/contrib/gtest/test/gtest-param-test_test.cc b/contrib/gtest/test/gtest-param-test_test.cc
index 7762403e6..857f6c5e5 100644
--- a/contrib/gtest/test/gtest-param-test_test.cc
+++ b/contrib/gtest/test/gtest-param-test_test.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void VerifyGenerator(const ParamGenerator<T>& generator,
         << ", expected_values[i] is " << PrintValue(expected_values[i])
         << ", *it is " << PrintValue(*it)
         << ", and 'it' is an iterator created with the copy constructor.\n";
-    it++;
+    ++it;
   }
   EXPECT_TRUE(it == generator.end())
         << "At the presumed end of sequence when accessing via an iterator "
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void VerifyGenerator(const ParamGenerator<T>& generator,
         << ", expected_values[i] is " << PrintValue(expected_values[i])
         << ", *it is " << PrintValue(*it)
         << ", and 'it' is an iterator created with the copy constructor.\n";
-    it++;
+    ++it;
   }
   EXPECT_TRUE(it == generator.end())
         << "At the presumed end of sequence when accessing via an iterator "