>> >Benefits:
>> > - micro speed optimization due to fewer pointer derefs
>> > - generated code is slightly smaller
>>
>> Should not these two at best be done by the compiler?
>
>[...]
>But a human *can* make the obvious leap and tell the compiler that the
>value can be computed once and then saved. And besides, isn't the code
>just *much* nicer to look at, above?
The third point Jesper mentioned was about readability, but I never
questioned that.
Jan Engelhardt
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