gc: maybe the code is only mostly dead

R=ken2
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/2346044

diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/gen.c b/src/cmd/gc/gen.c
index a8b2e1b8ed2a63460255240c9c0686b2ac147186..d2396aa09f0aa70732c71dbc390cd48f8ffd4b14 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cmd/gc/gen.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/gen.c
@@ -257,17 +257,6 @@ gen(Node *n)
                break;
 
        case OIF:
-               if(n->ntest == N || n->ntest->op == OLITERAL) {
-                       // drop dead code in if true or if false.
-                       // the linker will do it for us in general,
-                       // but this avoids writnig to the object file
-                       // in a very common case.
-                       if(n->ntest == N || n->ntest->val.u.bval)
-                               genlist(n->nbody);
-                       else
-                               genlist(n->nelse);
-                       break;
-               }
                p1 = gjmp(P);                   //              goto test
                p2 = gjmp(P);                   // p2:          goto else
                patch(p1, pc);                          // test: