Author: Bo Persson
Date: 16:20:42 01/17/04
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On January 17, 2004 at 17:22:34, Russell Reagan wrote: >On January 17, 2004 at 16:59:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>The compiler should do that automatically. That is a common optimization >>to avoid doing extra work. > >Okay, so the compiler will do this regardless of whether you declare the >intermediate variable const or not. Is that right? Yes, the compiler will know that it is not changed anyway and optimize the same. The const does help the programmer though, as it shows the intention so the compiler can warn you if you are wrong... Bo Persson
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