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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I did have to do some assignments to a variable and do a test on it to stop optimization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tech Benner<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 15 August 2022 9:09 pm<br><b>To:</b> delphi@listserver.123.net.nz<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG] Curious re efficiency of using in [set of integer]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi Rohit,<br><br>Could that same operation be affected by any optimisation?<br><br>Perhaps change the integer for each of the 10,000 ops.<br><br>I'm not sure but I've been caught out before with such things.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Gary<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 15/08/2022 6:00 pm, Rohit Gupta wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Just put it in a loop of 10k and time it. <br><br>But honestly, does it really matter? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards <br>Rohit <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p>15/08/2022 17:34:14 Ross Levis <a href="mailto:ross@stationplaylist.com"><ross@stationplaylist.com></a>:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Var Total: Integer;</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If I want to test 2 or 3 values of an integer, I often use</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>if Total in [4,6] then ...</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But is that more or less efficient for the CPU/ASM coding than</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>if (Total = 4) or (Total = 6) then ...</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m not sure how to find out myself.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Post: <a href="mailto:delphi@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi@listserver.123.net.nz</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Admin: <a href="http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi">http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe: send an email to <a href="mailto:delphi-request@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi-request@listserver.123.net.nz</a> with Subject: unsubscribe<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>