Re: Choose between x++ or x--?

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:07:52 -0400
Message-ID:
<fe3o7n$p4s$1@news.datemas.de>
Diego Martins wrote:

On Oct 4, 1:17 am, Rolf Magnus <ramag...@t-online.de> wrote:

desktop wrote:

I have a function that increments x:

void fun(int arg) {
int x = 10;
x++;

}

is there someway to change 'x++' to 'x--' based on the argument
'arg'.


Based on it how? If arg is always either -1 or +1, you could of
course simply do:

void fun(int arg)
{
  int x = 10;
  x+=arg;

}


what about a pointer to function (to the incrementor or decrementor
function)

see the ugly code below (coded on the fly and not tested)

void inc(int &x);
void dec(int &x);

void lalala(int arg)
{
   void (*func)(int &);
   if( arg == condition for increment ) {
       func = &inc;
   } else {
       func = &dec;
   }

   while( whatever ) {
      ...
      func(x);
      ...
   }
}


Really? *That's* going to be /faster/ than a single if?

V
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