On Fri, 2016-04-22 at 17:34 +0100, Mark Thomas wrote:
> On 22/04/2016 17:24, Leon Rosenberg wrote:
> > Lets say I have three possible conditions, A, B and C, which are exclusive.
> > My native approach would be:
> > if (A){...}
> > if (B){...}
> > if (C){...}
> >
> > now some people would 'optimize' it as
> > if (A){ ...} else if (B) {....} else if (C) { ....}
> > and I think in the world of single-cpu computers this optimization could
> > work.
> >
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> As an aside, why can't the compile optimize to test the three conditions
> in parallel with the "else if"?
Actually, I would think the compiler could do a parallel optimization
for "if else" but more likely could NOT for a series of "if"s as often
only the programmer knows whether the "if" series is mutually exclusive.
>
> Mark
>
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