docstring const num = convert<docstring>(++keynumber);
entry.setCiteNumber(num);
} else {
+ // coverity complains about our derefercing the iterator last,
+ // which was not initialized above. but it does get initialized
+ // after the first time through the loop, which is the point of
+ // the first test.
+ // coverity[FORWARD_NULL]
if (it != cited_entries_.begin()
&& entry.getAbbreviatedAuthor() == last->second.getAbbreviatedAuthor()
// we access the year via getYear() so as to get it from the xref,