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This `struct` provides a namespace for a suite of functions that give performance hints to the compiler or hardware.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_performancehint.h>`

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struct PerformanceHint;
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== Static Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/PerformanceHint/lowFrequency.adoc[`lowFrequency`] 
| Hint that the enclosing branch executes infrequently.
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/PerformanceHint/prefetchForReading.adoc[`prefetchForReading`] 
| Prefetch one cache line of data at `address` for reading.
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/PerformanceHint/prefetchForWriting.adoc[`prefetchForWriting`] 
| Prefetch one cache line of data at `address` for writing.
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/PerformanceHint/rarelyCalled.adoc[`rarelyCalled`] 
| Hint that the enclosing branch is rarely taken.
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