Is this a fast way to invert a float:
inline Invert(float& f)
{
f *= -1.0f;
}
I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float
multiplication) . Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot
of these.
Thanks,
Chris 10 3914
Chris Stankevitz wrote:
Is this a fast way to invert a float:
inline Invert(float& f)
{
f *= -1.0f;
}
I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float
multiplication) . Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot
of these.
Thanks,
Chris
I think what you should do is:
inline Invert(float& f)
{
f = -f;
}
Chris Stankevitz wrote:
Is this a fast way to invert a float:
inline Invert(float& f)
Missing return type.
{
f *= -1.0f;
}
I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float
multiplication) . Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot
of these.
Try it, check the generated assembler. Your compiler should be able to
perform the required optimisation.
--
Ian Collins.
"Chris Stankevitz" <ch************ *@yahoo.comwrot e in message
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Is this a fast way to invert a float:
inline Invert(float& f)
{
f *= -1.0f;
}
I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float
multiplication) . Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot
of these.
The only way to know is to test it. Different compilers will handle the same
code differently and different hardware platforms will have different
abilities.
On my computer
f = -f;
is slightly faster, but my computer can perform either operation about 100
million times per second. Code for testing:
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
const int loops = 1000000000;
int main()
{
volatile float f = 345.898f;
int start = clock();
for(size_t i=0; i<loops; ++i)
f *= -1;
cout << ((double)clock( )-time)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC << endl;
start = clock();
for(size_t i=0; i<loops; ++i)
f = -f;
cout << ((double)clock( )-time)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC << endl;
return 0;
}
Note that tests like the above can't tell you exactly what speed you will
get in a real application, but they give you some idea.
--
John Carson
Roman S. wrote:
Chris Stankevitz wrote:
>Is this a fast way to invert a float:
inline Invert(float& f) { f *= -1.0f; }
I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float multiplication) . Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot of these.
Thanks,
Chris
I think what you should do is:
inline Invert(float& f)
{
f = -f;
}
inline void Invert(float& f)
// ^^^^
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Chris Stankevitz a écrit :
Is this a fast way to invert a float:
inline Invert(float& f)
{
f *= -1.0f;
}
I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float
multiplication) . Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot
of these.
If you don't mind portability, you can simply flip it:
reinterpret_cas t<char*>(&f)[sizeof(float)-1]^=0x80;
This is evil.
Michael
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>
Code for testing:
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
const int loops = 1000000000;
int main()
{
volatile float f = 345.898f;
int start = clock();
for(size_t i=0; i<loops; ++i)
f *= -1;
cout << ((double)clock( )-time)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC << endl;
// change time to start in previous line
start = clock();
for(size_t i=0; i<loops; ++i)
f = -f;
cout << ((double)clock( )-time)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC << endl;
// change time to start in previous line
return 0;
}
--
John Carson
On Jan 24, 11:07 pm, Michael DOUBEZ <michael.dou... @free.frwrote:
Chris Stankevitz a écrit :
Is this a fast way to invert a float:
inline Invert(float& f)
{
f *= -1.0f;
}
I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float
multiplication) . Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot
of these.If you don't mind portability, you can simply flip it:
reinterpret_cas t<char*>(&f)[sizeof(float)-1]^=0x80;
This is evil.
Not only is it not portable, it doesn't work on (probably) the majority
of architectures out there. Mind you that the OP did not specify that
he was running on x86 or another machine which has IEEE-like floats
stored little endian. Even worse, your code may be substantially
slower than just a straight multiplication by -1 or negation since it
will almost certainly force the compiler to actually store the value in
memory before flipping the bit - something that would likely be avoided
if the value was already in a register, and the function actual got (as
requested) inlined. All quite implementation dependent, of course.
Michael DOUBEZ wrote:
Chris Stankevitz a écrit :
>Is this a fast way to invert a float:
inline Invert(float& f) { f *= -1.0f; }
I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float multiplication ). Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot of these.
If you don't mind portability, you can simply flip it:
reinterpret_cas t<char*>(&f)[sizeof(float)-1]^=0x80;
Don't try and 2nd guess the compiler when it comes to this sort of
optimisation.
This is evil.
It sure is.
--
Ian Collins. ro***********@y ahoo.com a écrit :
>
On Jan 24, 11:07 pm, Michael DOUBEZ <michael.dou... @free.frwrote:
>Chris Stankevitz a écrit :
>>Is this a fast way to invert a float: inline Invert(float& f) { f *= -1.0f; } I'd like the CPU to flip the sign bit (and not carry out a float-float multiplicatio n). Please enlighten me! I'm going be performing a lot of these.If you don't mind portability, you can simply flip it:
reinterpret_ca st<char*>(&f)[sizeof(float)-1]^=0x80;
This is evil.
Not only is it not portable, it doesn't work on (probably) the majority
of architectures out there. Mind you that the OP did not specify that
he was running on x86 or another machine which has IEEE-like floats
stored little endian. Even worse, your code may be substantially
slower than just a straight multiplication by -1 or negation since it
will almost certainly force the compiler to actually store the value in
memory before flipping the bit - something that would likely be avoided
if the value was already in a register, and the function actual got (as
requested) inlined. All quite implementation dependent, of course.
Yes, it is evil. But, if you do something implementation dependant, well
you just do it.
And I expect this kind of trick to work on IEEE, IBM and VAX float since
they all put the sign bit on the MSB. Making a switch for litlle/big
endian is not really a big deal.
Concerning the perfs, I didn't make any bench but the truth is that bit
operations on float are forbidden so unless the compiler optimize the
operation (-() or *-1.0f) alternatives are equivalent.
Now, this is not something I would do but worth a try.
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