[Bug c/62194] Add deadfield attribute to ignore initializers for a structure field

[msebor at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62194

--- Comment #6 from Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
I'm not sure that changing the meaning of fundamental language constructs like
declarations and writes to them in such a profound way would be viewed as a
good idea.  One way to find out is to email the gcc mailing list.  An even
better way is to prototype it and post an RFC patch to gcc-patches.