Alexander Belopolsky <belopol...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Alexander Belopolsky
<rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> Another readability nit: for me k % 2 == 0 is a more readable check
> for even number than (k & 1) != 1. Performance-wise the two choices
> are the same, and either can be improved by combining k = (n + m) / 2
> and k & 1 into one ldiv call.
Strike this comment. For some reason I though GCC would optimize
division by 2 and inline ldiv, but apparently neither is true.
Still,
if ((k & 1) != 1)
k = k - 1;
looks odd to me. Maybe k += (k & 1) - 1?
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