C++
Is it reasonable to use the prefix increment operator ++it instead of postfix operator it++ for iterators?
I decided to find out if there is practical sense in writing ++iterator instead of iterator++ when handling iterators. My interest in this question arouse far not from my love to art but from practical reasons. We have intended for a long time to develop PVS-Studio not only in the direction of error search but in the direction of prompting tips on code optimization. A message telling you that you'd better write ++iterator is quite suitable in the scope of optimization.
But how much relevant is this recommendation nowadays? In ancient times, for instance, it was advised not to repeat calculations. It was a good manner to write:
TMP = A + 10;
X = TMP + B;
Y = TMP + C;
instead of
X = A + 10 + B;
Y = A + 10 + C;
Such subtle manual optimization is meaningless now. The compiler would handle this task as well. It's just unnecessary complication of code.
