Small toom43 cleanup
    bodrato at mail.dm.unipi.it 
    bodrato at mail.dm.unipi.it
       
    Wed Oct 21 05:26:13 CEST 2009
    
    
  
Ciao,
> mp_size_t is a signed type, for various reasons.  size_t is an unsigned
> type.  Unsigned division by constants is a few cycles faster.
Ok, but in all cases we have
mp_size_t bn;
mp_size_t n = (bn-1) / (cast type) 3;
Does the compiler know that (bn-1) is unsigned positive? I do not think so...
Will it compile a signed or an unsigned division?
Maybe it is better to cast the other side:
mp_size_t n = ((unsigned type)bn-1) / 3;
and let the compiler decide the best type for the small constants 1 and 3 ?
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