At 04:57 PM 6/12/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>      public String getProperty(String name) {
> -        if (name == null) {
> -          return null;
> -        }
> -        String property = (String) properties.get(name);
> -        return property;
> +        return (name == null ? null : (String) properties.get(name));
>      }

Does this have any speed benefits? ie, does it map down to a conditional
move CMOV opcode on x86 so you avoid a speculation/branch misprediction
penalty, or is it just a style thing?

Just a style thing.


Cheers,

Peter Donald
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and proving that there is no need to do so - almost
everyone gets busy on the proof."
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