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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

yes, but in this particular case I wouldn't want to second guess my decrement operation just happens to also be calling the white house or whatnot. Just make a method.

[–] leo85811nardo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's just life of a C++ programmer: you second guess everything, and there are still optimization you haven't tried, and pitfalls you haven't got into