Dispatching by values is very slow - Feature or Problem?

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@jling

that’s literally the only purpose it serves… (comparing 2 versions of function is same idea)

In my opinion it can do better, but truly that’s a discussion for another topic.

@jling

there’s really a ton of discussion on this, and the answer is yes, don’t use value as types but also don’t be afraid to write branch if you need to, sometimes constant folding gives you a ride:

Thank you! I think that answers it, maybe the SortingNetworks.jl team that developed the package were not aware of this at the time.