[LLVMdev] What is dead def?

[Mehdi Amini]

> On Jan 1, 2015, at 7:24 AM, Thomson <lilotom at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I saw there is reference to dead def on registers in LLVM source code. I am not aware of this concept from the traditional course material. What are the properties of dead def?

Could it be a def that is never used (hence dead)?
If you mention where you saw it, it may be easier to help :)

Best,

Mehdi


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> Cheers
> Thomson
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