Re: Does Casting Slow a Program Down?

PeterOut wrote:

If I had code like this.

unsigned short usLimit=10
int a[10], i;

for (i=0; i<(int)usLimit; ++i)
{
a[i]=(int)usLimit;
}

would it run slower than this?

int a[10], i, iLimit=10;

for (i=0; i<iLimit; ++i)
{
a[i]=iLimit;
}

It might, but it would have nothing to do with the casts,
since they're both unnecessary -- `usLimit` is
converted from `unsigned short` to `int` regardless.

In any case, the Standard is silent on the issue.

--
Chris "electric hedgehog" Dollin
The "good old days" used to be much better.

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