Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 05:44:50 01/09/04
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On January 09, 2004 at 07:52:12, Ratko V Tomic wrote: >>if(x) y += 20; >> >>Would it then be advantageous to rewrite the code like this? >> >>y += (!(!x))*20; > >No, since the compiler will produce jumps anyway (you need to enable the >compiler's assembly listing and check the output). The extra multiply would make >the second statement slower. Thanks. That seems to imply that my idea is ineffective, at least if the answer is architecture-independent. My engine is developed on a Mac, although it also compiles and works reasonably well on Wintel machines. Tord
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