Fortunately or unfortunately you don’t always get to decide who touches the code, so unless performance is a concern as it is in kernel development optimising l

Fortunately or unfortunately you don’t always get to decide who touches the code, so unless performance is a concern as it is in kernel development optimising like this in the day job will eventually lead people making mistakes. Basically I say be as explicit and clear as you dare, even at the cost of some CPU cycles.