Issue #3156040 by Hardik_Patel_12, kiamlaluno, siddhant.bhosale, paulocs:...

Issue #3156040 by Hardik_Patel_12, kiamlaluno, siddhant.bhosale, paulocs: Avoid initializing a local variable to an empty array before adding items to that array

(cherry picked from commit 63c85aca)