Why Java identifies unreachable code only in case of while loop? -


this question has answer here:

if have code like

public static void main(string args[]){     int x = 0;     while (false) { x=3; }  //will not compile   } 

compiler complaint x=3 unreachable code if have code like

public static void main(string args[]){     int x = 0;     if (false) { x=3; }     for( int = 0; i< 0; i++) x = 3;    } 

then compiles correctly though code inside if statement , for loop unreachable. why redundancy not detected java workflow logic ? usecase?

as described in java language specification, feature reserved "conditional compilation".

an example, described in jls, may have constant

static final boolean debug = false; 

and code uses constant

if (debug) { x=3; } 

the idea provide possibility change debug true false without making other changes code, not possible if above code gave compilation error.


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