Optimising C snippet

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  1. suin

    suin New Member

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    Dear Friends!
    Can Anybody help me to optimise the following c code size.
    I have list of macro definition which i have to pass as argument to a function

    example:

    #define ABC_1 123
    #define ABC_2 124
    #define ABC_3 125
    #define ABC_4 126
    #define ABC_5 127


    int main(void)
    {
    Function(ABC_1);
    Function(ABC_2);
    Function(ABC_3);
    Function(ABC_4);
    Function(ABC_5);
    }


    i tried token cancatenation but it doesn't help me while using loop.


    Thanks in advance
     
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    The above code cannot be optimized becoz the # define is taken care by preprocessor.. Preprocessor knows nothing other that replacing the variable with the actual value before the compiler take the responsibility of compiling the code...nd since the logic of concatenation is never clear until and unless the code comes under the compiler, the preprocessor fails to replace the manipulated part with the actual value...
     
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    ABC_1~5 are consecutive so you could use a for loop:
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    for (int i=ABC_1; i<=ABC_5; i++)
      Function(i);
    
    Not sure it would be much smaller though, and it would definitely be slightly slower. Why do you think you need to "optimise" five function calls for size? There is NO WAY profiling will have shown this to be a bottleneck.
     
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    what type of programming is this??:lipsrseal
     
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    thanks for your reply. it is not a consecutive number.
     
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    Hi suin, You mentioned that "it doesn't help me while using loop".Can you give me what you tried.If the numbers are not consecutive looping is very difficult in your case. So tell me what you have tried.
     
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    You'll need to state the goal of the optimisation. The code as you've given it is pretty efficient. But the implication is that it doesn't do something you want it to. What is that?
     

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