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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by ychen306 on Sunday October 28, 2018 @10:52PM (#18324686)
It's more inliner-friendly this way though.
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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by megous on Sunday October 28, 2018 @11:47PM (#18324914)
No. Compiler can't assume value of switch_step at compile time, so it would have to inline the whole horrid thing every single time.
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