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by MuffinFlavored 1312 days ago
> The problem with the “big switch-case” approach is that C/C++ compilers simply cannot handle such code well.

Is this the case with Rust?
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saagarjha 1312 days ago
Yes, it will run into the same register allocation and unstructured control flow issues.
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johncolanduoni 1312 days ago
Most likely, as the pathological behavior the article mentions is mostly around register allocation and Rust uses LLVM.
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