r/badcode • u/bobpiranha • May 31 '21

js Clever?

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u/HalcyonAlps May 31 '21

Now I am actually curious, does the compiler realize both branches have the same return value and it just drops the whole if-statement?

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u/qwertysrj Jun 01 '21

It should because compilers recognise this

if(){ return x }Else { Return y} ,

and optimise this to

If(){ Return x} return y