From: "Jeff Creem" <jcreem@atetola.mv.com>
Subject: Re: An alternative to Unchecked Conversion
Date: 1999/12/16
Date: 1999-12-17T02:37:54+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83c7m2$f0q$1@pyrite.mv.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: OF2D01D779.211C774B-ON88256849.006FEEEF@ray.ca
<Tom_Hargraves@Raytheon.com> wrote in message
news:OF2D01D779.211C774B-ON88256849.006FEEEF@ray.ca...
> Related to "Questions about Unchecked_Conversion".
>
> There have been some good responses to the related topic. I agree with the
> sentiment that Unchecked_Conversion should be rarely if ever used. However
if
> you HAVE TO use it, it does come with an overhead. It is a routine which
has to
> be called, and it may end up copying data around and cost you cpu time.
>
it may or it may not. There have been many instances with a few compilers
that I have
used in which many instances of unchecked conversion caused absolutely no
copy and
no function call. The overlay approach is sometimes useful but I would not
yank out that
big stick unless you really need it.
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-16 0:00 An alternative to Unchecked Conversion Tom_Hargraves
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-17 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-17 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Tom Hargraves
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-12-17 0:00 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
1999-12-17 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-12-16 0:00 ` DuckE
[not found] ` <mhrj5s4qckk7rt1j3pu0s3r438e281pu37@4ax.com>
1999-12-17 0:00 ` Simon Wright
[not found] ` <g9rr5s84eeov4vvp2v9v70jo9b5uporm0v@4ax.com>
1999-12-20 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-18 0:00 ` Rex Reges
1999-12-18 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-12-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-20 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Jeff Creem [this message]
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