branch probability hinting

[Eric Christopher]

matthew green wrote:
> 
> i like this, but i don't like the name very much.  in NetBSD,
> we've added predict_true() and predict_false().

Well, builtin is the default name for compiler um.. well.. builtins. 
It's been around for a while.

Unless you meant the name that Frank chose, yeah, it could be better. 
Personally, I like expect as a name for it, tells you what you are
telling the compiler to expect to happen.

-eric