Performance optimization for minElement and maxElement

[Per Nordlöw]

On Monday, 12 September 2022 at 02:40:35 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> Since the minimum and maximum values of fundamental types are 
> known, can minElement and maxElement shortcut and return that 
> value immediately?

I would take a peek a look the standard libraries of C++ and Rust 
see if they apply this optimization trick.

The real question is what input the algorithm should be optimized 
for. And how big of an overhead such a check has in the case 
where early return never happens.