c# - What is fastest way to convert bool to byte?

Question

What is fastest way to convert bool to byte?

I want this mapping: False=0, True=1

Note: I don't want to use any if statements or other conditional statements. I don't want the CPU to halt or guess next statement.

Update: For those who want to see the point of this question. This example shows how two if statement are reduced from the code.

byte A = k > 9 ; //If it was possible (k>9) == 0 || 1
c[i * 2] = A * (k + 0x37) - (A - 1) * (k + 0x30);

Answer 1

Using unsafe code this method is pretty fast. With optimizations enabled its about 30% faster than the conditional operator.

bool input = true;
byte value = *((byte*)(&input)); // 1