[llvm-dev] Removing IPConstantPropagation.cpp

[Chris Lattner via llvm-dev]

I’m ok removing it.  The only utility I can see is as a simple interprocedural pass for teaching people.  I’m not sure that it is the best thing to use for that.

-Chris

> On Jul 27, 2020, at 3:40 AM, Florian Hahn via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As far as I know, the ipconstprop  pass has not been actively used in years and ipsccp has been used instead. This has the potential for confusion and sometimes leads people to spend time finding & reporting bugs as well as updating it to work with the latest API changes.
> 
> If there are people actively using it, I would love to hear.
> 
> If no-ones using it, I’d propose to remove the dead code: https://reviews.llvm.org/D84447
> 
> Cheers,
> Florian
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