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by KingMob 19 days ago
This is true, but thunks carry overhead that macros don't in this case.
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gf000 19 days ago
Well, if we have a compiler that sees a constant value, it can completely optimize out one branch. But it of course depends on the semantics of the language.

But yeah you are right in case of a naive compiler.

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BeetleB 18 days ago
And I know people will think I'm crazy, but thunks are harder to read.

(And I have trouble reading macros).

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