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Re:In C++, is empty() faster than comparing the size with zero? by jfrunyon on Thursday October 28, 2021 @06:53PM (#29033074)
This seems like an extremely niche use-case, compared to the prevalence of use-cases needing to check the size of a list.
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Re:In C++, is empty() faster than comparing the size with zero? by ycombobreaker on Thursday October 28, 2021 @08:02PM (#29033645)
This niche is exactly why I've used std::list in several cases. It allows fairly easy preallocation of list nodes.

Fortunately, the single-node splice is still fast. But batch allocations, say related to some scatter/gather operations, would still be hit by this change.

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