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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: for x'address or variant
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"kat-Zygfryd" <6667@wp.pl> writes:

> If you say so, I just thought that using a component
> would be at least an instruction or two faster than
> indexing an array ...

Than indexing an array by a static index value?  I doubt it.

Seems like you ought to prove (by measuring, and reading the assembly
code) that this is a real problem before you start playing low-level
games like this for efficiency reasons.

- Bob