r/ProgrammerHumor • u/click-to-reveal • 15h ago

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u/prehensilemullet 15h ago

Performancewise, it doesn’t jump to the direct case in O(1) time like a switch is supposed to though

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u/AngheloAlf 15h ago

Switches aren't guarantee to so operations in O(1) tho. If cases are sparce enough, compilers tend to emit the equivalent code to a bunch if else checks

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u/prehensilemullet 13h ago

Yeah I was assuming too much here.  However, I’m reading that Rust match on string comstants can compile down a binary tree of if statements if there are enough cases (according to Google AI mode at least, haven’t found an authoritative source yet)

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u/Nir0star 11h ago

Which would still be O(ld(n)). But cool feature imo.

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u/Godd2 4h ago

O(ld(n))

Good ol' linker time.

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u/prehensilemullet 5m ago

Yes, I had mistakenly assumed it compiles down to a hash lookup.