[issue37500] 3.8.0b2 no longer optimizes away "if 0:" ?

[Ned Batchelder]

Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> added the comment:

The real-word implications from my world are this: if your code has "if 0:" clauses in it, and you measure its coverage, then because the lines have not been optimized away, coverage.py will think the lines are a possible execution path, and will be considered a miss because they are not executed.  This will reduce your coverage percentage. 

I can't estimate how many people this will affect.

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