diff --git a/GenC.fu b/GenC.fu
index 38ff303a..e744776c 100644
--- a/GenC.fu
+++ b/GenC.fu
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ public class GenC : GenCCpp
 			&& dict.GetValueType() is FuStorageType;
 	}
 
+	protected override void StartTemporaryVar!(FuType type)
+	{
+		// overridden just to avoid the unnecessary space
+		StartDefinition(type, true, true);
+	}
+
 	void WriteTemporaryName!(int id)
 	{
 		Write("futemp");
diff --git a/libfut.cpp b/libfut.cpp
index 6e45bf5c..688d8dd6 100644
--- a/libfut.cpp
+++ b/libfut.cpp
@@ -9079,6 +9079,11 @@ bool GenC::isDictionaryClassStgIndexing(const FuExpr * expr)
 	return (indexing = dynamic_cast<const FuBinaryExpr *>(expr)) && indexing->op == FuToken::leftBracket && (dict = dynamic_cast<const FuClassType *>(indexing->left->type.get())) && dict->class_->typeParameterCount == 2 && dynamic_cast<const FuStorageType *>(dict->getValueType().get());
 }
 
+void GenC::startTemporaryVar(const FuType * type)
+{
+	startDefinition(type, true, true);
+}
+
 void GenC::writeTemporaryName(int id)
 {
 	write("futemp");
diff --git a/libfut.cs b/libfut.cs
index c2a17e25..32e3174b 100644
--- a/libfut.cs
+++ b/libfut.cs
@@ -9316,6 +9316,11 @@ static bool IsDictionaryClassStgIndexing(FuExpr expr)
 			return expr is FuBinaryExpr indexing && indexing.Op == FuToken.LeftBracket && indexing.Left.Type is FuClassType dict && dict.Class.TypeParameterCount == 2 && dict.GetValueType() is FuStorageType;
 		}
 
+		protected override void StartTemporaryVar(FuType type)
+		{
+			StartDefinition(type, true, true);
+		}
+
 		void WriteTemporaryName(int id)
 		{
 			Write("futemp");
diff --git a/libfut.hpp b/libfut.hpp
index f146beda..7e2ba7ab 100644
--- a/libfut.hpp
+++ b/libfut.hpp
@@ -2033,6 +2033,7 @@ class GenC : public GenCCpp
 	virtual void writePrintfLongPrefix();
 	void writePrintfWidth(const FuInterpolatedPart * part) override;
 	virtual void writeInterpolatedStringArgBase(const FuExpr * expr);
+	void startTemporaryVar(const FuType * type) override;
 	void writeInterpolatedStringArg(const FuExpr * expr) override;
 	virtual void writeCamelCaseNotKeyword(std::string_view name);
 	void writeName(const FuSymbol * symbol) override;
diff --git a/libfut.js b/libfut.js
index 361e64e1..33b5bac6 100644
--- a/libfut.js
+++ b/libfut.js
@@ -9653,6 +9653,11 @@ export class GenC extends GenCCpp
 		return (indexing = expr) instanceof FuBinaryExpr && indexing.op == FuToken.LEFT_BRACKET && (dict = indexing.left.type) instanceof FuClassType && dict.class.typeParameterCount == 2 && dict.getValueType() instanceof FuStorageType;
 	}
 
+	startTemporaryVar(type)
+	{
+		this.#startDefinition(type, true, true);
+	}
+
 	#writeTemporaryName(id)
 	{
 		this.write("futemp");