Branching
The branch instruction is available in various permutations, but in all circumstances it is essentially a goto. The target of a branch instruction is a label. Most branch instructions are conditional and based on a Boolean condition. For an unconditional goto, use the br instruction. Loop and other transfer-of-control statements in C# are implemented with some combination of branch instructions.
A conditional branch can be made with the brtrue and brfalse statements. The brtrue instruction branches on a true condition, whereas the brfalse branches on a false condition. These instructions consume a Boolean value, which must be placed on the evaluation stack prior to the statements.
Comparison instructions perform a comparison of the top ...
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