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Remove unnecessary null pointer checks

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
88/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Open src/support/mixed_arena.h and inspect the two null-pointer checks at lines 116-118 and 160-162. Read the linked C++ guidance first, then verify the focused cleanup by building Binaryen and running the relevant test suite; done means both unnecessary checks are gone without regressions.

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Description

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WebAssembly
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