From f1c02dd012fb6fecf092c6b0fb2175b2a488dc47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Conlon <adrian.conlon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 14:59:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify long/short branch

---
 MC6809/MC6809.cs | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MC6809/MC6809.cs b/MC6809/MC6809.cs
index 8c82f45..c388c87 100644
--- a/MC6809/MC6809.cs
+++ b/MC6809/MC6809.cs
@@ -866,15 +866,10 @@ namespace MC6809
         private void LBGT() => this.BranchLong(this.GT);
         private void LBLE() => this.BranchLong(this.LE);
 
-        private void BranchShort(bool condition)
-        {
-            this.Branch(this.EA, condition);
-            this.SwallowRead();
-        }
+        private void BranchShort(bool condition) => _ = this.Branch(this.EA, condition);
 
         private void BranchLong(bool condition)
         {
-            this.SwallowRead();
             if (this.Branch(this.EA, condition))
             {
                 this.SwallowRead();
@@ -883,6 +878,7 @@ namespace MC6809
 
         private bool Branch(Register16 destination, bool condition)
         {
+            this.SwallowRead();
             if (condition)
             {
                 this.Jump(destination);