More info: dotnet/coreclr#27603 (comment)

Sample code:

public static bool HasHighBitSet(uint value) { return (value & 0x8000_0000) != 0; }

Actual codegen:

 L0000: test ecx, 0x80000000  L0006: setnz al  L0009: movzx eax, al  L000c: ret

Replacing the first two instructions with test ecx, ecx and setl al would save 4 bytes of codegen. It's a minor savings but might help if this pattern occurs within a hot loop.

category:cq
theme:basic-cq
skill-level:intermediate
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