On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Boehm, Hans wrote:
> > The compiler will select that at compile time. One has the
> > option of also generating run time seletion by specifying a
> > variable instead of a constant when callig these functions.
> I would view the latter as a disadvantage, since I can't think of a case
> in which you wouldn't want it reported as an error instead, at least if
> you care about performance. If you know of one, I'd be very interested.
In that case: We could check that a constant is passed at compile time.
> The first form does have the advantage that it's possible to build up
> more complicated primitives from simpler ones without repeating the
> definition four times.
What is the first form? The advantage of passing a parameter is more
compact code and less definitions.
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