Only measurement with real data would tell for sure, but I would bet "yes" if I had to. With the "else", the "if" predicate is being predicted over a smaller a

Only measurement with real data would tell for sure, but I would bet "yes" if I had to. With the "else", the "if" predicate is being predicted over a smaller amount of relevant cases; without the "else", the prediction is going to have to cope with some amount of needless false results and is likely to be less accurate.