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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I don't see the need for an if block or renaming the function and leaving it there. It is extra unnecessary work for the compiler. Comments are probably the best way. Might also copy the current file, put the original in some folder like "old", and delete the old code inside the new copy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Comments are the worst as they are ignored by refactoring. That's the reason if (false) is actually really good for temporarily disabled code.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I never thought of that. That's quite smart!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

On a modern computer dead code analysis with constant folding should be nearly unnoticeable when compiling a large project