The default render object layout implementation is dead code

Source/core/rendering/RenderObject.cpp

 /*
  * Copyright (C) 1999 Lars Knoll (knoll@kde.org)
  *           (C) 1999 Antti Koivisto (koivisto@kde.org)
  *           (C) 2000 Dirk Mueller (mueller@kde.org)
  *           (C) 2004 Allan Sandfeld Jensen (kde@carewolf.com)
  * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Torch Mobile Inc. All rights reserved. (http://www.torchmobile.com/)
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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     } else {
         if (isRooted()) {
             if (RenderView* renderView = view()) {
                 if (FrameView* frameView = renderView->frameView())
                     frameView->scheduleRelayoutOfSubtree(this);
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-void RenderObject::layout()
-{
-    ASSERT(needsLayout());
-    LayoutRectRecorder recorder(*this);
-    RenderObject* child = firstChild();
-    while (child) {
-        child->layoutIfNeeded();
-        ASSERT(!child->needsLayout());
-        child = child->nextSibling();
-    }
-    clearNeedsLayout();
-}
-
 void RenderObject::didLayout(ResourceLoadPriorityOptimizer& priorityModifier)
 {
     for (RenderObject* child = firstChild(); child; child = child->nextSibling())
         child->didLayout(priorityModifier);
 }
 
 void RenderObject::didScroll(ResourceLoadPriorityOptimizer& priorityModifier)
 {
     for (RenderObject* child = firstChild(); child; child = child->nextSibling())
         child->didScroll(priorityModifier);
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 {
     if (object1) {
         const WebCore::RenderObject* root = object1;
         while (root->parent())
             root = root->parent();
         root->showRenderTreeAndMark(object1, "*", object2, "-", 0);
     }
 }
 
 #endif