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I believe that the ternary operator is just sugar for an if-statemnent. Is that incorrect?

en_Knight
– en_Knight

2013-06-01 01:36:51 +00:00
Commented Jun 1, 2013 at 1:36
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@mjCSguy it is essentially an inline if statement <-- over simplification

Shadow Man
– Shadow Man

2013-06-01 01:38:43 +00:00
Commented Jun 1, 2013 at 1:38
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That does not answer the question of how a branch can be avoided.

assylias
– assylias

2013-06-01 01:41:40 +00:00
Commented Jun 1, 2013 at 1:41
@mjCSguy whether you use if or the ?: operator, it is highly likely that the JVM, due to JIT, will optimize to the same runtime bytecode eventually, so...

fge
– fge

2013-06-01 01:42:13 +00:00
Commented Jun 1, 2013 at 1:42
@assylias the question is, at the lowest level, can a branch be avoided? Answer: no.

fge
– fge

2013-06-01 01:42:37 +00:00
Commented Jun 1, 2013 at 1:42

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