C++ use templates to avoid compiler from checking a boolean

Question

Let\'s say I have a function:

template 
inline void doSomething() {
    if(stuff) {
        cout << \"Hello\" << endl;
    }
    el         


        

Answer 1

Indeed, it really createa two functions, but

premature optimization is the root of all evil

especially if your changing your code structure because of a simple if statement. I doubt that this will affect performance. Also the boolean must be static, that means you cant take a runtime evaluated var and pass it to the function. How should the linker know which function to call? In this case youll have to manually evaluate it and call the appropiate function on your own.