A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
In a chain of conditional logical operators, the first exclusion should
run fastest, i.e. have least branches.



JUSTIFICATION :
  Programmer could control fast path.


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -

  0x00b85347: cmp $0xd800,%ecx
  0x00b8534d: jge 0x00b8535c
  0x00b8534f: xor %eax,%eax
  0x00b85351: add $0x8,%esp
  0x00b85354: pop %ebp
  0x00b85355: test %eax,0x390000 ; {poll_return}
  0x00b8535b: ret
  0x00b8535c: cmp $0xdc00,%ecx
  0x00b85362: jge 0x00b8534f ;*if_icmplt
                                        ; -
java.lang.Character::isHighSurrogate@3 (line 2795)
  0x00b85364: mov $0x1,%eax ;*ireturn
                                        ; -
java.lang.Character::isHighSurrogate@17 (line 2795)
  0x00b85369: jmp 0x00b85351

ACTUAL -

  0x00b85347: cmp $0xd800,%ecx
  0x00b8534d: jl 0x00b85357
  0x00b8534f: cmp $0xdc00,%ecx
  0x00b85355: jl 0x00b8535b ;*if_icmplt
                                        ; -
java.lang.Character::isHighSurrogate@3 (line 2795)
  0x00b85357: xor %eax,%eax
  0x00b85359: jmp 0x00b85360
  0x00b8535b: mov $0x1,%eax ;*ireturn
                                        ; -
java.lang.Character::isHighSurrogate@17 (line 2795)
  0x00b85360: add $0x8,%esp
  0x00b85363: pop %ebp
  0x00b85364: test %eax,0x390000 ; {poll_return}
  0x00b8536a: ret


---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------

    public static boolean isHighSurrogate(char ch) {
// return ch >= MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE && ch <= MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE;
        return ch >= MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE && ch < MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE + 1;
    }

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