24 Nov
2014
24 Nov
'14
6:14 a.m.
Although they don't include the exact case of argument, these slides
show a very similar example of how it's mostly useless to try to
outsmart the compiler in such simple optimizations. The most similar
case, IMO, is the bounds check. Check them out.
http://www.linux-kongress.org/2009/slides/compiler_survey_felix_von_leitner…