From 4255956603260824339 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,2e93f66caf45e850 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: "B. James Phillippe" Subject: foo++ vs. ++foo (was Re: var::x) Date: 1998/04/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 347225676 Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <6hac24$8lb$2@news2.isdnet.net> <6hd9vn$dau$1@camel15.mindspring.com> X-Original-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 23:23:54 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Subliminal-Message: Use Linux Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Organization: Terran.ORG/LinuxWorld.NET X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUANUAyzuEDnX0m9pzZAQGVmQF/WfvQVSG0Vqs1eNzUTTe4xP57SKJVHT58 tnvG/M3uaXiX28pjywnEI3+6vCJFU4S7 =rBdu Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ On 20 Apr 1998, Chuck McCorvey wrote: > Also, notice that I used "++i" rather than "i++" in the macro. This can > make a significant performance difference as the former avoids the necessity > of creating a temporary. Really? How so? I have never heard this before, and I generally use foo++ over ++foo (in situations where it doesn't matter). thanks, -bp -- B. James Phillippe Linux Software Engineer, WGT Inc. http://earth.terran.org/~bryan --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]