Notice about undefined index

While getting the latest news the result page ‘Syndicated Sites Settings’ shows that:
Notice: Undefined index: stored in C:\Users\martin\AppData\Roaming\Apache\htdocs\wp-sandkasten\wp-content\plugins\feedwordpress\syndicatedlink.class.php on line 281

The line is:
if ( $new !== false ) $new_count[$new]++;

I think if $new_count[$new] was not set before you can not increase its value.

With that the notice disappears:

if ( $new !== false ) :
	if ( isset( $new_count[$new] ) ) :
		$new_count[$new]++;
	else:
		$new_count[$new] = 1;
	endif;
endif;

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