> LLVM does, yes, but I'd still be interested in a perf comparison of us
> not translating the dead code compared to LLVM stripping it later.
> Clang does this, for example.

But if the idea here is also to provide a dead-code warning during
compilation, is it necessary to add this feature to the front-end or should
we presume that compilation-speed-conscious users will acknowledge the
warning and remove that code?


On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Corey Richardson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Kiet Tran <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 1. Is doing part (b) necessary? That is, does LLVM's optimization
> > already eliminate unused code?
> >
>
> LLVM does, yes, but I'd still be interested in a perf comparison of us
> not translating the dead code compared to LLVM stripping it later.
> Clang does this, for example.
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