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sbvI feel like modern compilers would turn their nose up at that shit. βDead code? Ewww! No way Iβm letting that into my syntax tree!β
A lot of IDEs would probably throw a warning about unreachable code.
Golang wonβt even compile with dead code. Unfortunately thatβs too strict, you just end up commenting out the whole block instead. At least the commented out code is obvious in review, and some automated checks catch it if you have them.
commenting out the whole block
var foo is declared but not used is such a pain in my asshole when doing this.