"Nirav Shah" <nirav4ever4u@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > No expression is evaluated in loop nor any particular intermediate > result is used more than once. Given this, can I get benefit in terms > of lesser clock cycle to execute the computation if done in a single > statement as compared to done over multiple statements with local > variables? No. When optimizing, the compiler converts your program into an internal representation in SSA form. The number of local variables used in the original program is irrelevant to the generated code. Ian
