On 7/30/07, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > On 7/30/07, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > I'm not considering compiler optimization at all -- let us go with the > assumption that we have disabled compiler optimization.
Its not even a question about compiler optimizations. Its just how the compiler will treat the code block and generate object code for it. The C language doesn't define how that compiler should treat the block hence you have no control over which piece of code will work better. > The above example could be implemented as a series of if() else > if()... but it isn't and I'm trying to find a reason why. Is there a > case where the while(true) approach actually performs better or equal? All I can see is that the first example can have only 1 condition while the other blcok can break over several conditions. Care to explain in more detail so that your dilemma is more clear in everyone's mind? -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
