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Use zero for initialized Once state
By re-labeling which integer represents which internal state for `Once` we can ensure that the initialized state is the all-zero state. This is beneficial because some CPU architectures (such as Arm) have specialized instructions to specifically branch on non-zero, and checking for the initialized state is by far the most important operation.
As an example, take this:
```rust
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
const INIT: u32 = 3;
#[inline(never)]
#[cold]
pub fn slow(state: &AtomicU32) {
state.store(INIT, Ordering::Release);
}
pub fn ensure_init(state: &AtomicU32) {
if state.load(Ordering::Acquire) != INIT {
slow(state)
}
}
```
If `INIT` is 3 (as is currently the state for `Once`), we see the following assembly on `aarch64-apple-darwin`:
```asm
example::ensure_init::h332061368366e313:
ldapr w8, [x0]
cmp w8, #3
b.ne LBB1_2
ret
LBB1_2:
b example::slow::ha042bd6a4f33724e
```
By changing the `INIT` state to zero we get the following:
```asm
example::ensure_init::h332061368366e313:
ldapr w8, [x0]
cbnz w8, LBB1_2
ret
LBB1_2:
b example::slow::ha042bd6a4f33724e
```
So this PR saves 1 instruction every time a `LazyLock` gets accessed on platforms such as these.
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