cvs commit: src/include _ctype.h

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at FreeBSD.org
Mon Oct 29 23:44:46 PDT 2007


On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 09:48:16PM +0100, Christoph Mallon wrote:
> Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> >ache        2007-10-27 22:32:28 UTC
> >
> >  FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >  Modified files:
> >    include              _ctype.h 
> >  Log:
> >  Micro-optimization of prev. commit, change
> >  (_c < 0 || _c >= 128) to (_c & ~0x7F)
> >  
> >  Revision  Changes    Path
> >  1.33      +1 -1      src/include/_ctype.h
> 
> Further IMO it is hard to decipher what _c & ~0x7F is supposed to do.

Seconded.  Messing with bits should be avoided when their use masks out
the logic behind.  Nowadays it's almost always better to trust the
compiler to do its optimizing job.

./danfe


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