Thread: skipping "else" statement is faster?

hello
take these two function examples which should do the same thing:

Code:

// standard way
bool function () {
	if (a == 0) {
		return false;
	}
	else if (a > 0){
		return max (a);
	}
	else {
		return min (a);
	}
}

// non-standard way
bool function () {
	if (a == 0) {
		return false;
	}
	if (a > 0) {
		return max (a);
	}
	return min (a);
}

It's obvious that the first way is easier to read and way better to do things
I am wondering if the second way would be faster once compiled, or not.