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> It's faster when the code goes straight without jumps. Errors do not
> happen often, so the first is better. The compiler doesn't know which
> branch is used more, but we know it, so we must suggest the compiler where
> to put jumps.
And it is also gentler on the kind human reader, who doesn't want to look
at the error code all the time ;-)
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