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by cjhanks 2165 days ago
Doesn't this mean that a conditional branch is added to all existing code which performs casting?
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I think in the specific case of casting a float to an int, more instructions will be added, but it doesn't have to be a branch. Here it looks like rustc emits a conditional move: https://godbolt.org/z/1cfqof