[android-developers] Re: Android preprocessor, //#ifdef...

Thank you, that's going to make my life easier.

As I am still learning Java, can you tell me if the removal of "dead
code" is a feature of the Java language or is it unique to the Android
build chain?

On Aug 1, 8:50 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote:
> > I have had to learn to live without conditional compliation.  The only
> > area where I really miss having a lanugage constuct like "#ifdef" is
> > when I need to remove instrumentation and/or debugging code.
>
> You can achieve this in Java using static final fields. The compiler
> is smart enough to remove if block whose condition evaluates to false
> at compile time (we use this a lot in Android's source code :).
>
> --
> Romain Guy
> Android framework engineer
> romain...@android.com
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time
> to provide private support.  All such questions should be posted on
> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them

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