Iterating forward through a circular buffer without using a conditional is easy with the remainder operator…
iterator = (iterator + 1) % buffer_size;
I can’t for the life of me figure out the reverse operation, iterating backward.
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Does
iterator = (iterator + buffer_size - 1) % buffer_sizework for you? Go one less than all the way around.