https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21231

          Issue ID: 21231
           Summary: Unreachable warning for empty struct in VariantN with
                    preview=fieldwise
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: phobos
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: moonlightsentinel@disroot.org

The following code produces an "unreachable code" warning when compiled with -preview=fieldwise:

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struct Empty
{
    bool opCmp(const scope ref Empty) const
    { return false; }
}

void main()
{
    import std.variant : VariantN;

    Empty a, b;
    assert(a == b);
    assert(!(a < b));

    VariantN!(4, Empty) v = a;
    assert(v == b);
    assert(!(v < b));
}
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/dlang/dmd/linux/bin64/../../src/phobos/std/variant.d(261): Warning: statement
is not reachable

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The unreachable code follows an equality check for Empty which always returns true, causing an early exit in VariantN.handler.compare. This skips the checks for < and >.

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