> Timon Gehr:
>
>> I think it might be a
>> good idea though. However, having this feature means requiring one AST 
>> compare for
>> every boolean operator.
>
> You are worried about compilation time. I think the feature we're talking 
> about
just tests the equivalence of the then/else clauses.
>
> Clang has a --analyze switch that runs the (potentially slow) static analyser,
otherwise it performs a normal amount of static test on the code. This gives you
choice between a faster compilation and a slower analysis able to find some 
other
bugs.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

I think Walter does not like introducing new switches, because it doubles the
number of compilers to test and maintain.

Timon

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