static boolean matchPattern(ArtifactRepository originalRepository, String pattern) {
        boolean result = false;
        String originalId = originalRepository.getId();

        // simple checks first to short circuit processing below.
        if (WILDCARD.equals(pattern) || pattern.equals(originalId)) {
            result = true;
        } else {
            // process the list
            String[] repos = pattern.split(",");

	}
	return nil
}

// lockPath returns a typePath describing the location of a lock value
// contained in typ. If there is no contained lock, it returns nil.
//
// The seen map is used to short-circuit infinite recursion due to type cycles.
func lockPath(tpkg *types.Package, typ types.Type, seen map[types.Type]bool) typePath {
	if typ == nil || seen[typ] {
		return nil
	}
	if seen == nil {

	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":

	}
	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 ||

		// true if there are endpoints that will be reached by external traffic.
		// (But we may still have to generate externalTrafficChain even if there
		// are no external endpoints, to ensure that the short-circuit rules for
		// local traffic are set up.)
		externalPolicyChain := clusterPolicyChain
		hasExternalEndpoints := hasEndpoints
		if svcInfo.ExternalPolicyLocal() {
			externalPolicyChain = localPolicyChain

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

	nodeVertex := g.getOrCreateVertex_locked(nodeVertexType, "", pod.Spec.NodeName)
	g.graph.SetEdge(newDestinationEdge(podVertex, nodeVertex, nodeVertex))

	// Short-circuit adding edges to other resources for mirror pods.
	// A node must never be able to create a pod that grants them permissions on other API objects.

      remove(range);
      entriesByLowerBound.put(range.lowerBound, new RangeMapEntry<K, V>(range, value));
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void putCoalescing(Range<K> range, V value) {
    // don't short-circuit if the range is empty - it may be between two ranges we can coalesce.
    if (entriesByLowerBound.isEmpty()) {
      put(range, value);
      return;
    }