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void f()
{
...
}

class CF
{
public:
  CF() { f(); };
};

void usage()
{
  static CF onlyOnce();
}

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Ofer Gross wrote:

What I'm actualy asking is what is more CPU expensive, assigning a bool value, or checking if a bool value is something.

mov BYTE PTR ?WasFooEverCalled@@3_NA, 1 ; WasFooEverCalled

	cmp	BYTE PTR ?WasFooEverCalled@@3_NA, 0	; WasFooEverCalled
	jne	SHORT $LN4@Foo
; Line 702
	mov	BYTE PTR ?WasFooEverCalled@@3_NA, 1	; WasFooEverCalled
$LN4@Foo:

    bool bTest = false;
    LARGE_INTEGER lFreq;
    LARGE_INTEGER lStart;
    LARGE_INTEGER lEnd;
    QueryPerformanceFrequency(&lFreq);
    QueryPerformanceCounter(&lStart);    
    _asm
    {
        push ecx
        mov ecx, 1000000000
_loop:
        cmp bTest, 0
        je  _set        
        sub ecx, 1
        jnz _loop
        jmp _end
_set:
        mov bTest, 1
        sub ecx, 1
        jnz _loop
_end:
        pop ecx
    }
    QueryPerformanceCounter(&lEnd);

    bool bTest = false;
    LARGE_INTEGER lFreq;
    LARGE_INTEGER lStart;
    LARGE_INTEGER lEnd;
    QueryPerformanceFrequency(&lFreq);
    QueryPerformanceCounter(&lStart);   
    _asm
    {
        push ecx
        mov ecx, 1000000000
_loop:
        mov bTest, 1        
        sub ecx, 1
        jnz _loop
        pop ecx
    }

    QueryPerformanceCounter(&lEnd);

With check (average of 8 runs):   1138972011 ns
Without check (average of 8 runs): 579320876 ns

static bool _bWasFooEverCalled = false; // set to true appropriately elsewhere
inline bool WasFooEverCalled()
{
	return _bWasFooEverCalled;
}