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[Kagamin]

On Friday, 23 August 2024 at 17:39:39 UTC, Manu wrote:
> Validations are usually a series of exclusionary checks framed 
> as
> `if(fails_validity_check) return;`
> That flow keeps code in a nice linear flow, it doesn't 
> introduce any scopes

Aren't returns grouped near the end of function? Then validation 
checks would be implemented as forward jumps, which at least 
riscv interprets as unlikely by default.