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[–] ramius345@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 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.

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

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