Adds example to likely/unlikely docstring. Refs #983.

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Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz
2014-03-13 19:56:11 +01:00
parent 1c35fb3c89
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@@ -2364,12 +2364,32 @@ when not defined(JS): #and not defined(NimrodVM):
when not defined(NimrodVM):
proc likely*(val: bool): bool {.importc: "likely", nodecl, nosideeffect.}
## can be used to mark a condition to be likely. This is a hint for the
## optimizer.
## Hints the optimizer that `val` is likely going to be true.
##
## You can use this proc to decorate a branch condition. On certain
## platforms this can help the processor predict better which branch is
## going to be run. Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nimrod
## for value in inputValues:
## if likely(value <= 100):
## process(value)
## else:
## echo "Value too big!"
proc unlikely*(val: bool): bool {.importc: "unlikely", nodecl, nosideeffect.}
## can be used to mark a condition to be unlikely. This is a hint for the
## optimizer.
## Hints the optimizer that `val` is likely going to be false.
##
## You can use this proc to decorate a branch condition. On certain
## platforms this can help the processor predict better which branch is
## going to be run. Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nimrod
## for value in inputValues:
## if unlikely(value > 100):
## echo "Value too big!"
## else:
## process(value)
proc rawProc*[T: proc](x: T): pointer {.noSideEffect, inline.} =
## retrieves the raw proc pointer of the closure `x`. This is