Which is executes faster?
1:
n = n << 1;
2:
n = n + n;
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In principle,
<<can be faster for signed types because it’s less-strictly defined.n+nis defined whenever it doesn’t overflow, butn<<1is defined only whennis non-negative and the result does not overflow.In reality, the compiler will generate the exact same machine code for both.