On Wednesday 02 November 2005 1:38 am, Dmitry wrote: > cause of sign extension. > Every operation with signed variables will require a sign extension which > takes some time therefore slower. > ~d
Right, but tip #7 says: 7. Use int instead of char or unsigned char if you want an 8 bit integer. So is it really better to use a (signed) int instead of an unsigned char? Also, another question: 5. Avoid using global variables of small size - it is a waste of RAM. Would I be correct in assuming that "small size" means a byte? And that the waste would occur if a global byte variable was stored at an even address, and the next global variable was a word variable, and had to be stored at the next even address, so we'd lose a byte? Kevin
