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(",");

func cachedHasSynced(hasSynced func() bool) func() bool {
	cache := &atomic.Bool{}
	cache.Store(false)
	return func() bool {
		if cache.Load() {
			// short-circuit if already synced
			return true
		}
		if hasSynced() {
			// remember we synced
			cache.Store(true)
			return true
		}
		return false
	}
}

	}
	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 {

        @Override
        void execute(CompatibilityCheckDetails<String> details) {
            details.incompatible()
        }
    }

    def "compatibility rules can mark values as incompatible and short-circuit evaluation"() {
        def attr = Attribute.of(String)

        given:
        schema.attribute(attr).compatibilityRules.add(IncompatibleStringsRule)
        schema.attribute(attr).compatibilityRules.add(BrokenRule)

	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":

					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 {

	// 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.

		}
	}

	// 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)

	}
	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 ||