[llvm-dev] A question about the widely used "xxx | true" inside llvm

[Chris Lattner via llvm-dev]

On Aug 19, 2018, at 10:33 PM, Craig Topper via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> The language requires both sides of the | need to be evaluated. The compiler can't remove the function call if it has side effects.

Correct.  If you are somehow really bothered by this, we could also use:

bool bar() {
  return foo(), true;
}

-Chris
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