Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 16:44:59 04/28/00
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On April 28, 2000 at 19:13:33, Will Singleton wrote: > >I get compiler warnings about implicit int-to-short conversions, even for a >statement like > >x = -x; > >where x is a short. > >Is the code doing conversions to int and back to short for that statement? > >Will Don't use the integer data type "short" if you can avoid it. I know I'm not answering your question, but if you stop using them, you will have more fun in the long run. Sometimes "short" is handled at no additional cost by architectures, but in other cases, you go much slower if you use this data type. You should use "int" if you can. If you need to pack structures or save space on disk, you can use "short", but you shouldn't do "typedef short SOMETHING" and declare a whole bunch of automatic variables of type "SOMETHING". Sorry, I've got the true religion. bruce
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