Yes. I am 'saving' a comparison in favor of readability.

I don't care about compiler optimizations. I write code for humans, not for computers.

Premature optimizers write hacking code for computers and no human wants to read or rewrite that code.

I wrote a bit about this problem here:

https://mcsee.medium.com/i-wrote-more-than-90-articles-on-2021-here-is-what-i-learned-76c238f9936f

Have a nice day!