When an `is` test is trivially satisfied (i.e. `expr is T`, when the
static type of `expr` is a subtype of `T`), the `is` test is
guaranteed by soundness to evaluate to `true`, so any code path that
follows from the `is` test evaluating to `false` is unreachable.
This reasoning wasn't valid prior to sound null safety, because in
mixed mode programs, it was possible for an expression to evaluate to
`null` even if its static type wasn't nullable, and hence `expr is T`
might evaluate to `false` even if the static type of `expr` was a
subtype of `T`. So this change is gated on the `sound-flow-analysis`
language flag (which is enabled in Dart 3.9).
Fixes https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/60718.
Change-Id: I66a65580b738162f23b6fb468b71fcac66bfbb95
Bug: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/60718
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/431740
Commit-Queue: Paul Berry <paulberry@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Konstantin Shcheglov <scheglov@google.com>
Paul Berry
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