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Joky on Dec 3, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gangnam Style breaks YouTube viewer count

It change the semantic on the loop bound, and thus what the compiler can/cannot do when optimizing the code.

Using uint limits the optimizer...

detrino on Dec 3, 2014 [–]

Using int also limits the optimizer in some ways, for example division/modulo becomes more expensive.

Every time I see someone mention the optimization argument for signed integers I ask for examples and I've yet see a good one.

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