Do these two statements compile equivalently: n % 2 == 0 and n & 1 == 0 ?
if not, is one more efficient?
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Do these two statements compile equivalently: n % 2 == 0 and n & 1 == 0 ?
if not, is one more efficient?
No, they do not always give the same result. The C standard allows for ones’ complement implementations, in which case they will give a different result for negative
n.