alt Hacker NewsIf it's a power of two, you don't need the branch at all. Let the unsigned index wrap.
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dalvrosa • yesterday at 2:55 PM
Interesting, I've never heard about anybody using this. Maybe a bit unreadable? But yeah, should work :)
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If it's a power of two, you don't need the branch at all. Let the unsigned index wrap.
Interesting, I've never heard about anybody using this. Maybe a bit unreadable? But yeah, should work :)
You ultimately need a mask to access the correct slot in the ring. But it's true that you can leave unmasked values in your reader/writer indices.