Re: [cc65] comparing int iterators in loops

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 09:20:57AM +0200, Johan Kotlinski wrote:
> Hi, just one thought here. When I make a loop like this:
>
> for (char* ptr = 0xd800; ptr != 0xdbe8; ++ptr) { ... }
>
> ...the check for exit condition will be done MSB first. I.e., it would
> compare with 0xdb before comparing 0xe8.
>
> Wouldn't it be so much more efficient if it checks LSB first? Roughly
> MSB will match one out of four times, while LSB only matches one out
> of 256 times. So those second checks could be avoided a lot of times.

Ok, but what is with 

    for (I = 0x0000; I != 0xFF00; I += 0x100) { ... }

In this case comparing LSB is useless, because the condition is never true. 

What I want to say is that it depends heavily on the actual circumstances,
which strategy is better.

I will have a more thoroughful look at it when I'm at home again.

Regards


        Uz


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Ullrich von Bassewitz                                  uz@musoftware.de
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