On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 05:58:29PM -0800, Brian Budge wrote: > Hi - > > This is not really a gcc question, and it should really be asked > elsewhere... however, it's unlikely that this occasional dereference > will adversely affect performance. OK, where should a question like this be asked? if not the compiler that does the optimization? I forgot to mention, I only really care about the efficiency regarding gcc's output. Bob Rossi