[LAD] Integer performance

[Will J Godfrey]

On Sun, 03 May 2015 21:36:25 +0200
Florian Weimer <fw at deneb.enyo.de> wrote:

> * Will Godfrey:
> 
> > Just a curious thought...
> >
> > If you are using only small values is there really any benefit in
> > using chars and shorts rather than just using integers everywhere
> > and letting the compiler sort it out?
> 
> Many languages do not actually support arithmetic on chars and shorts,
> but promote them to ints first.

Currently I work in C and C++. I don't see that changing any time soon. They are
more then enough to keep me occupied!

> It is usually beneficial to use the smallest possible data type for
> arrays because it cuts down memory use and increases the number of
> array elements which fit into the CPU caches.

Good point. I didn't think of that.

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