Which is better?

[Berry Kercheval]

In article <13900013 at acf4.UUCP> greenber at acf4.UUCP writes:
>
>Which (in general!) generates "better" code within a switch or loop?
>
>	if (condition)
>	{
>		code....
>		break;
>	}
>	other code....
>	break;
>-------------------------------OR---------------
>	if (condition)
>	{
>		code....
>	}
>	else
>	{
>		other code.....
>	}
>	break;
>
>
>Ross M. Greenberg  @ NYU   ---->  allegra!cmcl2!acf4!greenber  <----

IN GENERAL it is impossible to tell, as it is VERY dependent on the particular
compiler you have, and the machine you are generating code for.  The only way
is to try both, look at the assembly output and make a decision.

Why didn't you do that?



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