simple static if / traits question...

[Era Scarecrow via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 22 February 2017 at 21:27:47 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:
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> I'm doing conditional compilation using static ifs like so:
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> enum bool audio       = true;
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> // if audio flag is present and set to true, add to code build
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> static if ( (__traits(compiles, audio)) && audio)					
>     playSound(soundSys, BLEEP );

  I think you're thinking too deeply on this. During optimization 
branches of if statements that always evaluate to false are 
compiled out.