Re: [PATCH v2] lib: One less subtraction in binary search iterations.

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Mon Jul 15 2013 - 01:19:37 EST


Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The subtraction is removed at the expense of generality: when the element size
> is 1, the array length cannot exceed half the architecture's addressable
> memory.

People do copy code, so I prefer to set the best example possible.

Unless it's a useful optimization, I think it should stay the way it is.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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