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by brabel 713 days ago
Even if evaluating that would make no difference?
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"God" has some unique properties. One of those might be that God neither exists nor doesn't exist. If God has this property of 'neitherism', then the value of n is undefined. Neitherism has been attributed to many religious entities.

To answer a question, you first have to be able to parse the question.

That's the problem with side effects: you don't know if they make a difference until you evaluate them. And "God" is about the biggest imaginable side effect.
Well, the compiler says undefined behavior and optimizes it away :D