Re: C++ coding style and in-place operators

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 07:52 -0700, rik wrote:
> Do we have a preference for where in-place operators are used?  For
> example, the following statement can be coded two ways.
> 
> a = a + 1;
> a += 1;
[snip]
> In the C++ code, do we assume the compilers are smart enough these
> days to perform that optimization?

I believe that even without optimisations both of those instructions
compile to the same assembly. But as a matter of style, if we're doing
+= in m-files, it makes sense to follow the same style in C++. It
certainly won't be slower than the longer version.

- Jordi G. H.