[LLVMdev] Question about SmallVector implementation detail

[bombela]

Hello,

I have just a little question about the SmallVector implemention.

In SmallVectorImpl, the following method is currently implemented as:

  void push_back(const T &Elt) {
    if (this->EndX < this->CapacityX) {
    Retry:
      new (this->end()) T(Elt);
      this->setEnd(this->end()+1);
      return;
    }
    this->grow();
    goto Retry;
  }

~/llvm-project/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h:327 (svn rev: 107560)
This function was wrote/last modified by lattner.

Why a goto?
For CPU branch prediction in favor of the positive condition result?
I'am interested by the reason of that, that's look curious for me.

Thank you,
-- 
Best regards,
François-Xavier Bourlet
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