From 2b0d646b751e6e5bdb466c05ffd2824dd46c7d60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:15:44 -0700
Subject: Replace an unpredictable branch with a simple addition.

---
 Modules/_collectionsmodule.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
index be6c90c..8d753c3 100644
--- a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
@@ -852,10 +852,9 @@ deque_count(dequeobject *deque, PyObject *v)
         CHECK_NOT_END(b);
         item = b->data[index];
         cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(item, v, Py_EQ);
-        if (cmp > 0)
-            count++;
-        else if (cmp < 0)
+        if (cmp < 0)
             return NULL;
+        count += cmp;
 
         if (start_state != deque->state) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
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