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Re:Branch predictor: How many “if”s are too many? by andromeduck on Thursday May 06, 2021 @02:08PM (#27067077)
Wow I had no idea you could use it on the LHS. TIL.
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Re:Branch predictor: How many “if”s are too many? by MaxBarraclough on Thursday May 06, 2021 @06:39PM (#27069833)
A TIL of my own: it seems not to be allowed in C.
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Re:Branch predictor: How many “if”s are too many? by saagarjha on Friday May 07, 2021 @07:54AM (#27074895)
It works if you take the address of the b and c and then dereference. I assume this works without those in C++ because of references.
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