<Chuckle> <grin> Yes, tidy is indeed in the eye of the beholder. I have that discussion with my 17 year old son from time to time. I do most of my Windows programming in Delphi unless a client insists on C. 99% of my embedded programming is done in C. So using pointers for your application is much tidier to me since speed was the constraint. ;-)
John Wireless CAN with the CANRF module now available. http://www.autoartisans.com/products Automation Artisans Inc. Ph. 1 250 544 4950 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Levis > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 9:16 PM > To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List > Subject: Re: Test memory block > > > John Dammeyer wrote: > > > The second part of your test looks at the last 3 bytes of a > longword. > First, I believe it checks up to the first 3 bytes of the > buffer which > you've already looked at. Minor glitch. > > Oops, yes this should be: > > for i := (Size32 shl 2) to BufferSize -1 do > if Buffer8[i] <> 0 then // test remaining 1,2, or 3 bytes > Exit; > > But I see your point on the extra multiplication and > addition. It may > look tidier but is not quite as fast. > > Regards, > Ross. > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
