I am utilizing the Intel C++ compiler in my Visible Studio 2019 and have encountered a difficulty the place the compiler removes code from capabilities after the return assertion. I disabled all optimizations, nevertheless it nonetheless would not work. Is there a solution to power the compiler to not take away the code?

Right here is the supply code instance:

#outline VM_LION_BLACK_START CustomVM00000165_Start();
#outline VM_LION_BLACK_END CustomVM00000165_End();

VERSIONHELPERAPI
IsWindowsVersionOrGreater(WORD wMajorVersion, WORD wMinorVersion, WORD wServicePackMajor)
{
    VM_LION_BLACK_START

    OSVERSIONINFOEXW osvi = { sizeof(osvi), 0, 0, 0, 0, {0}, 0, 0 };
    DWORDLONG        const dwlConditionMask = VerSetConditionMask(
        VerSetConditionMask(
        VerSetConditionMask(
            0, VER_MAJORVERSION, VER_GREATER_EQUAL),
               VER_MINORVERSION, VER_GREATER_EQUAL),
               VER_SERVICEPACKMAJOR, VER_GREATER_EQUAL);

    osvi.dwMajorVersion = wMajorVersion;
    osvi.dwMinorVersion = wMinorVersion;
    osvi.wServicePackMajor = wServicePackMajor;

    return VerifyVersionInfoW(&osvi, VER_MAJORVERSION | VER_MINORVERSION | VER_SERVICEPACKMAJOR, dwlConditionMask) != FALSE;

    VM_LION_BLACK_END
}

 
And this can be a decompilation of this operate

As you’ll be able to see, the compiler has eliminated the decision to CustomVM00000165_End()