opApply/opApplyReverse return value types
BCS
BCS at pathlink.com
Fri Oct 20 10:23:36 PDT 2006
Bill Baxter wrote:
> BCS wrote:
>
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>>
>>> And there's probably even something cleaner using exceptions or scope
>>> statements.
>>>
>>
>> Who cares about clean? The compiler's doing it, all that I want is
>> fast code.
>
>
> I agree that foreach shouldn't induce excessive overhead. But maybe I
> differ in that I'd gladly take a small speed hit for improved
> readability/usability/maintainablility. I don't think foreach needs to
> compile down to the exact same code as the best possible for loop.
>
Actually, I was referring to clean/messy code generation. Clean source
code is a must. What the compiler does with it... Who cares? Sort of
like lex/yacc, the derived code is so ugly that nobody wants to maintain
it by hand, but nobody has to.
>
> --bb
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