Re: EMACS_INT cleanup

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
> Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:43:12 +0900
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> >> I mean, it may be nice and orthogonal and stuff, but...  I don't know.
> >> And does using more longs on 64-bit machines than previously slow Emacs
> >> down any?
> >
> > It shouldn't, the registers are 64-bit.
> 
> Means more cache usage and memory traffic tho.

Maybe, maybe not.  It depends on the micro-architecture of the CPU and
the cache.

As for memory, I don't think it matters for isolated variables (as
opposed to arrays).  They will be usually in a register when they are
used.