--- /DoubleMetaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:48.478158177 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:48.478158177 +0200
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@
     public class DoubleMetaphoneResult {
 
         private StringBuffer primary = new StringBuffer(getMaxCodeLen());
-        private StringBuffer alternate = new StringBuffer(getMaxCodeLen());
+private StringBuffer alternate  = null ;
         private int maxLength;
 
         public DoubleMetaphoneResult(int maxLength) {
