Re: d3dx9 [patch 1/3]: Avoid two useless computations

[Frédéric Delanoy]

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Rico Schüller  wrote:
> On 05.04.2013 09:13, Nozomi Kodama wrote:
> >   s = 0.75f;
> > - if ( order > 2 )
> > -
> >    s += 5.0f / 16.0f;
> > - if ( order > 4 )
> > -
> >    s -= 3.0f / 32.0f;
> > - if (order > 2)
> > -
> >    s = 1.0625f;
> > - if (order > 4)
> > -
> >    s = 0.96875f;
> > s /= D3DX_PI;
>
> Doesn't the compiler do that already?

Most likely,since those are literal constants.
Besides, 5.0f / 16.0f is more readable than a pre-computed result.

So I don't think this patch is really useful.

Frédéric