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Which is faster? (lemmings.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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let mut variable: Type;
loop {
    variable = value;
}

loop {
    let variable: Type = value;
}

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I would say that they are equivalent. If I'm not mistaken, let statements only reserves space on the stack, and this only increments the stack register.

And on the latter snippet, the compiler would certainly not bother to modify the stack pointer as the type doesn't change.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

let statements only reserves space on the stack

It is not guaranteed to do that. It could also use a register or be optimized out completly (like in the example you posted in the other comment).

The stack pointer is also not changed for each local variable, but instead for each function call, so it wouldn't make a difference anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ok! Thanks for the clarification !

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