DMD generates calls to next operation

[Artur Skawina via Digitalmars-d]

On 05/20/14 21:46, Jeroen Bollen via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> While inspecting assembly code generated by DMD I found this
> weird bit of assembly:

>    19:    e8 00 00 00 00           call   1e <_Dmain+0x1e>
>    1e:    31 c0                    xor    eax,eax
>    20:    c9                       leave
>    21:    c3                       ret
>    22:    66 0f 1f 44 00 00        nop    WORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0]
> 
> It seems to call/jump to the operation right after it. Why does
> it do that?

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artur