rust-lang
Introduce debug information to statements in MIR
Proposal
Currently, the MIR optimization passes are unable to eliminate dead statements that contain debug information. For example:
struct Foo {
v1: i32,
v2: i32
}
#[no_mangle]
fn foo(foo: Foo) {
let _val = foo.v2; // Because we need the debug information to know the value of `_val` at this point, we cannot eliminate this statement.
}
To enable more optimizations within MIR, I propose adding debug information to Statement. This will allow us to preserve necessary debug information while eliminating the statements when they are dead.
Mentors or Reviewers
@wesleywiser (because of your work on MIR optimizations and debug information)
Process
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