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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tended to use ShortInt and SmallInt rather
than Integer to not waste memory when values are never going to
exceed their maximum, but I read somewhere that Integer should be used when
possible for speed purposes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've found it slightly useful when reading the
source to know that a particular variable doesn't ever exceed 127 or
32767.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What sort of speed differences are we talking
about? Is it worth doing a global find/replace?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#000000>Cheers,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#000000>Ross
Levis.</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>