Re: Question about bits (debugging>
Ian Collins wrote:
Victor Bazarov wrote:
Andy Champ wrote:
Jerry Coffin wrote:
In article <7b28c8e1-0dd7-48ee-ac33-40e7dc517139
@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, enki034@yahoo.com says...
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temp=-128;
My guess is that this isn't what you intended. I'd guess you meant
'-=' instead of '=-'.
Interestingly enough, at one time in the history of C, this would
actually have done the same thing, but that's purely historical,
and so long ago I doubt it ever made it into C++ at all.
I think you're right.
But might I suggest using
bits[0] = (temp & 128) ? 1 : 0;
in place of
if(temp >= 128){
bits[0] = 1;
temp=-128;
}
It'll give the optimiser more chance to work.
Doesn't look equivalent. The value of 'temp' doesn't change in the
expression case, and it does in the 'if' case.
I was just about to post the same response when I realised the
suggested form does not require temp to be updated, all the bits can
be tested in place.
I agree; my reply was out of context.
V
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