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Re: new __builtin_choose_type (patch)

Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com> writes:

|> > Usage examples:
|> > 
|> > __builtin_equal_types(x, y) ? no() : x = 10;
|> > if(__builtin_equal_types(x, y))
|> >   {
|> >   }
|> > else
|> >   {
|> >   }
|> 
|> then we'd have to generate:
|> 
|>    if (const)
|>      {
|>      }
|>      etc
|> 
|> whereas with my approach, you wouldn't even have to generate a compare.

??? The compiler will just optimize that comparison away.

Andreas.

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