Re: Does Casting Slow a Program Down?

PeterOut said:

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;
}

To find out, code both versions, put them in separate functions, and call
them each a zillion times. Then check the profiler's output.

Repeat on each relevant implementation. (Don't expect A to be faster than B
on implementation Y just because it was faster on implementation X.)

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