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Re: [perl #116188] [PATCH] hv.c: add some SvREFCNT_dec_NN and S_hv_free_ent_retNULL check removal

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From:
Steffen Mueller
Date:
January 26, 2013 10:16
Subject:
Re: [perl #116188] [PATCH] hv.c: add some SvREFCNT_dec_NN and S_hv_free_ent_retNULL check removal
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5103AD05.1060706@cpan.org
On 01/25/2013 09:43 PM, Andy Dougherty wrote:
> So I'm not sure if it's worth applying or not.  What do you think?

All of this just my opinion: Unless there's a particular reason 
(maintainability, etc) not to, yes, worth applying. Removing a branching 
instruction by itself wouldn't be measurable at a macroscopic level 
unless it's in extraordinarily hot code. But doing so in many place 
eventually should be.

--Steffen

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