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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Don't need an if, just set the variable and collect the data. Saved you a jump instruction. The compiler is going to optimize it out anyway, but simpler code is better and some people forget the -O flag.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah but the last requires you to explicitly distinguish between the two cases.