prime: minor optimization and formatting fix

[Wertzui123]

I just noticed these two details while skimming through the VSL code.

The < 3 expression (instead of the previous < 2) is logically equivalent here but could theoretically lead to better performance for is_prime(2) because in that case the second condition p % 2 == 0 doesn't even need to be evaluated anymore.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved prime number validation logic with updated boundary conditions.

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Walkthrough

The is_prime function's boundary condition is adjusted from p < 2 || p % 2 == 0 to p < 3 || p % 2 == 0, tightening the lower bound check while preserving correctness for small primes and even numbers.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Prime boundary check update prime/prime.v	Updated is_prime boundary condition from p < 2 to p < 3, maintaining correct behavior for primes 2 and above while handling edge cases identically

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

• Single-line boundary condition adjustment in a utility function
• Verify the logic change preserves correctness for edge cases (p = 0, 1, 2, 3)
• Confirm no tests are broken by this modification

Poem

A rabbit hops through numbers bright,
Adjusting bounds to set things right,
From two to three, the check now reads,
Primes identified with greater speed! 🐰✨

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

prime/prime.v (1)

7-8: Change is correct but offers minimal practical benefit.

The modified condition p < 3 is logically equivalent to the previous p < 2 for all inputs. For p == 2, the new code short-circuits after the first check, avoiding the p % 2 == 0 evaluation.

However, modulo-by-2 is typically implemented as a bitwise AND operation (p & 1), which is extremely fast—on the order of a single CPU cycle. The performance gain from avoiding this operation is negligible in practice.

Additionally, p < 2 is slightly more intuitive, as it explicitly conveys "numbers less than 2 are not prime."

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[Wertzui123]

The CI failures seem to be unrelated to this PR.