what is problem ?

[c.lang.myself@gmail.com]

suppose

int a=4;

int prod1=17*a;

int prod2=a<<4+a; //another way of implementing 17*a

Is there any problem with prod2..?

[vippstar@gmail.com]

Re: what is problem ?

On Nov 13, 5:23 pm, "c.lang.mys...@ gmail.com"
<c.lang.mys...@ gmail.comwrote:

suppose
>
int a=4;
>
int prod1=17*a;
>
int prod2=a<<4+a; //another way of implementing 17*a
>
Is there any problem with prod2..?

There's no problem, the problem is the comment which is a lie.

a << 4 + a means a << (4 + a)

[Zhao Jian]

Re: what is problem ?

On Nov 13, 11:23 pm, "c.lang.mys...@ gmail.com"
<c.lang.mys...@ gmail.comwrote:

suppose
>
int a=4;
>
int prod1=17*a;
>
int prod2=a<<4+a;  //another way of implementing 17*a
>
Is there any problem with prod2..?

It should be "int prod2 = (a << 4) + a;"

[Chris Dollin]

Re: what is problem ?

c.lang.myself@g mail.com wrote:

suppose
>
int a=4;
>
int prod1=17*a;

(We must be inside a function.)

int prod2=a<<4+a; //another way of implementing 17*a
>
Is there any problem with prod2..?

Even if it's fixed as vippstar or Zhao note elsethread, the problem
with `prod2` is that it's not clear what's going on. The Horse! Why
shift-and-add when you can multiply by 17 and have the compiler sort
things out?

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[Keith Thompson]

Re: what is problem ?

vippstar@gmail. com writes:

On Nov 13, 5:23 pm, "c.lang.mys...@ gmail.com"
<c.lang.mys...@ gmail.comwrote:

>suppose
>>
>int a=4;
>>
>int prod1=17*a;
>>
>int prod2=a<<4+a; //another way of implementing 17*a
>>
>Is there any problem with prod2..?

>
There's no problem, the problem is the comment which is a lie.
>
a << 4 + a means a << (4 + a)

I think you just did his homework for him.

To the original poster: Why do you ask? Did you try running the code
yourself and seeing what it does?

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[Andrey Tarasevich]

Re: what is problem ?

Chris Dollin wrote:

c.lang.myself@g mail.com wrote:
>

>suppose
>>
>int a=4;
>>
>int prod1=17*a;

>
(We must be inside a function.)
>

>int prod2=a<<4+a; //another way of implementing 17*a
>>
>Is there any problem with prod2..?

>
Even if it's fixed as vippstar or Zhao note elsethread, the problem
with `prod2` is that it's not clear what's going on. The Horse! Why
shift-and-add when you can multiply by 17 and have the compiler sort
things out?

Well, if they turn out to be non-equivalent, how do you know that the OP
needs specifically the former and not the latter?

BTW, they are not equivalent. The latter produces undefined behavior for
negative 'a' in C99. It is, of course, rather strange to allow the
possibility of OP preferring the UB for negative input, but
nevertheless... :)

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[Wolfgang Draxinger]

Re: what is problem ?

c.lang.myself@g mail.com wrote:

int prod2=a<<4+a; //another way of implementing 17*a

Why so complicated? Read this
<http://dl.fefe.de/optimizer-isec.pdfto get some insight, why
writing readable code should be preferred over "hand optimized"
code, which in some cases even performs worse.

Wolfgang Draxinger
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[CBFalconer]

Re: what is problem ?

Wolfgang Draxinger wrote:

c.lang.myself@g mail.com wrote:
>

>int prod2=a<<4+a; //another way of implementing 17*a

>
Why so complicated? Read this
<http://dl.fefe.de/optimizer-isec.pdfto get some insight, why
writing readable code should be preferred over "hand optimized"
code, which in some cases even performs worse.

In addition, it doesn't work. It runs into either implementation
defined or undefined results whenever a is a negative integral
quantity.

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