reportbytes, err := yaml.Marshal(report)
	if err != nil {
		scope.Errorf("Error serializing Distribution Report: %v", err)
		return
	}
	r.cm.Data[dataField] = string(reportbytes)
	// TODO: short circuit this write in the leader
	_, err = CreateOrUpdateConfigMap(ctx, r.cm, r.client)
	if err != nil {
		scope.Errorf("Error writing Distribution Report: %v", err)
	}
}

		// child.
		//
		// On the other hand, if telemetryChildVar were simply unset, then the
		// delegated go commands would fork themselves recursively. Short-circuit
		// this recursion.
		os.Setenv(telemetryChildVar, "2")
		upload := os.Getenv(telemetryUploadVar) == "1"
		child(reportCrashes, upload, config.UploadStartTime, config.UploadURL)
		os.Exit(0)
	case "2":

	// resource when considering pod alignment.
	// In terms of hints, this is equal to: TopologyHints[NUMANodeAffinity: nil, Preferred: true].
	if requested == 0 {
		return nil
	}

	// Short circuit to regenerate the same hints if there are already
	// guaranteed CPUs allocated to the Container. This might happen after a
	// kubelet restart, for example.

					errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("no prior parent directory in c.expects for file %s", f.name))
					continue
				}
				dirs[path][filepath.Base(f.name)] = f.data
			}
		}

		// short-circuit test case validation errors
		if len(errs) > 0 {
			return errs
		}

		// call ReplaceDir for each desired dir
		for path, files := range dirs {
			if err := ReplaceDir(fs, path, files); err != nil {

	}
	return slices.Filter(cfgs, func(c config.Config) bool {
		return c.Namespace == namespace
	})
}

// hasResources determines if there are any gateway-api resources created at all.
// If not, we can short circuit all processing to avoid excessive work.
func (kr GatewayResources) hasResources() bool {
	return len(kr.GatewayClass) > 0 ||
		len(kr.Gateway) > 0 ||
		len(kr.HTTPRoute) > 0 ||
		len(kr.GRPCRoute) > 0 ||

		}
	}

	// TODO(dmitshur,gri): A relatively high level call to ast.NewPackage with a simpleImporter
	// ast.Importer implementation is made below. It might be possible to short-circuit and simplify.

	// Compute package documentation.
	pkg, _ := ast.NewPackage(fset, goFiles, simpleImporter, nil) // Ignore errors that can happen due to unresolved identifiers.
	p := New(pkg, importPath, mode)

func OldestMatchingHost(needle host.Name, specific map[host.Name]config.Config, wildcard map[host.Name]config.Config) (host.Name, config.Config, bool) {
	// The algorithm is a bit different than MostSpecificHostMatch. We can't short-circuit on the first
	// match, regardless of whether it's specific or wildcarded. This is because we have to check the timestamp
	// of all configs to make sure there's not an older matching one that we should use instead.

func (n *networkManager) extractGatewaysInner(svc *model.Service) bool {
	n.Lock()
	defer n.Unlock()
	previousGateways := n.networkGatewaysBySvc[svc.Hostname]
	gateways := n.getGatewayDetails(svc)
	// short circuit for most services.
	if len(previousGateways) == 0 && len(gateways) == 0 {
		return false
	}

	newGateways := make(model.NetworkGatewaySet)
	// check if we have node port mappings

     * 
     * @return socket timeout for netbios connections, in milliseconds
     */
    int getNetbiosSoTimeout ();


    /**
     * 
     * 
     * @return virtual circuit number to use
     */
    int getVcNumber ();


    /**
     * 
     * Property <tt>jcifs.smb.client.capabilities</tt> (int)
     * 
     * @return custom capabilities
     */

// The certificate and key file are stored in certDir.
func LoadClientCert(ctx context.Context, kubeconfigPath, bootstrapPath, certDir string, nodeName types.NodeName) error {
	// Short-circuit if the kubeconfig file exists and is valid.
	ok, err := isClientConfigStillValid(kubeconfigPath)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if ok {