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The erl_expand_records compiler pass translates the
following code:
h(X) when X#r1.a =:= 1 -> ok.
to (essentially):
h({r1,V1,V2}=X) when element(2, X) =:= 1 -> ok.
Since the guard can only be executed when the pattern matching
has succeeded, we know that the second element in the tuple X
must have been bound to V2. Thus we can eliminate the call
to element/2 like this:
h({r1,V1,V2}=X) when V1 =:= 1 -> ok.
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* bg/compiler-suppress-result-ignored:
compiler tests: Eliminate "result of expression is ignored" warnings
Silence warnings for expressions that are assigned to "_"
OTP-8602 bg/compiler-suppress-result-ignored
It is now possible to suppress the warning in code such as
"list_to_integer(S), ok" by assigning the ignored value "_" like this: "_ =
list_to_integer(S), ok".
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There is currently no zero-cost way to silence the warning
"the result of the expression is ignored", which is issued
for code such as:
list_to_integer(S),
ok
Such code can be useful for assertions or input validation.
Teach the compiler to silence the warning for expressions
that are explicitly assigned to to the "_" variable,
such as:
_ = list_to_integer(S),
ok
Implement it by having the v3_core pass annotate calls in
Core Erlang like this:
let <_> = ( call 'erlang':'list_to_integer'(S) -| ['result_not_wanted'] )
in 'ok'
and modifiy sys_core_fold to suppress the warning for any call
having the annotation.
We deliberately do not make it possible to silence the warnings
for expressions like:
{build,an,unnecessary,term}, ok
or
is_list(L), ok
because we don't know of any real-world scenarios in which that would
be useful.
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