Re: [Tinycc-devel] Speed?

[Philippe Ribet]

Mauricio Abre wrote:

> void o(int c)
> {
>         while (c) {
>                 g(c);
>                 c = c / 256;
>         }
> }
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't shift faster than division?
>
> If so, the line
>
>         c >>= 8;
>
> Should be faster than
>
>         c = c / 256;

But c is declared as "int", not as "unsigned int". This will not give
the same result if c is neg.

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Philippe Ribet

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