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Re:Zig, the Small Language by flumpcakes on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:26PM (#32755404)
> That is the opposite of making sense. If you are actively forcing the use of a variable then the compiler removing it anyway is exactly surprising.

I disagree, you are actively telling the compiler that this is dead code.

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Re:Zig, the Small Language by masklinn on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:45PM (#32755692)
> I disagree, you are actively telling the compiler that this is dead code.

No, you would be doing that by removing the code. You are telling the compiler that this is code you want and to shut the fuck up.

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