Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > And the compiler (at least gcc) is indeed smart enough to realize that > nothing uses the result from the last statement, and does optimize away > the code associated to it already. So this patch is unlikely to change > anything to the compiled result. Right, and gcc can do many other amazing things. But still it is used a variable that is never accessed, removing it can make the code slightly more readable. Cheers, Giuseppe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html