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Re: Integer overflow in operator new
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:44:26AM +1200, Ross Smith wrote:
> On Monday, 9 April 2007 13:09, J.C. Pizarro wrote:
> >
> > This code is bigger than Joe Buck's.
> >
> > Joe Buck's code: 10 instructions
> > Ross Ridge's code: 16 instructions
> > Ross Smith's code: 16 instructions
>
> Well, yes, but it also doesn't have the bug Joe's code had. That was
> sort of the whole point. If you don't care whether it gives the right
> answer you might as well just leave the status quo.
Agreed; it's bogus to compare my bad code with anything else.
But on most common platforms, I'm sure that there are assembly
language sequences that will beat any of these.