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From: glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: unreachable code
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:04:29 +0000 (UTC)
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bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote:
> Is there an easy way to tell Java not to bug me about unreachable code?

How unreachable is it?

As I understand it, the compiler is supposed to understand

if(false) { code }

and even 

public static final boolean debug=false;

if(debug) code;

without complaint.

(That is, the Java replacement for C's

#if 0

#endif
)

-- glen