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At 02:22 PM 2/22/05 -0500, ethan@bufbotics.org wrote:
>I agree with what you're saying, but I think there's a condition you may
>have omitted....
>
>
>void func (void) {
>{
>     if (THIS_CONDITION_EVALUATES_TO_FALSE) {
>
>         for (int i=0; i<x; i++) {
>             for (int j=0; j<y; j++) {
>             }
>         }
>     }
>}


You are assuming the compiler generates different code for this case.  Have 
you verified that it does?  I would expect most compilers to generate the 
same code in either case since a) it's probably faster and b) probably less 
code room and c) has no effect on the worst case stack usage.

Robert

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