Performance improvements for `std.algorithm.searching.{min,max}Element` $(REF minElement, std, algorithm, searching) and $(REF maxElement, std, algorithm, searching) are now considerably faster (almost 2x in microbenchmarks) as a special path for the identity case is provided. This allows the compiler to make use of SSE instructions. The exact improvements are: $(CONSOLE % dmd -release -O test.d && ./test extremum.before = 54 secs, 12 ms, 347 μs, and 9 hnsecs extremum.after = 29 secs, 521 ms, 896 μs, and 5 hnsecs ) $(CONSOLE % ldc -release -O3 test.d && ./test extremum.before = 13 secs, 186 ms, 176 μs, and 4 hnsecs extremum.after = 2 secs, 241 ms, 454 μs, and 9 hnsecs ) $(LINK2 https://gist.github.com/wilzbach/9f757fa76200956aadb97059d614df34, See the benchmark code).