optimize out

verb

optimize out

verb
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences To omit (some portion of program logic) through optimization, when it is found to be unused or unnecessary.

  • The loop that counts from 1 to 1,000,000 is optimized out by the compiler, because nothing happens inside the loop and the value is not used afterwards.

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