Does is_same has any impact on the code performance? I am using it multiple times in my code to check whether i have to use std::less or std::greater and depending on them i have to retrieve specific values. Is my test sufficient to prove that std::is_same does not really impact the performance of the code in my case?
The code is much more complex than that and I have to use templates. I tried as much as i can to mimic the places where is_same is used.
I compiled and ran the code with -O3 compiler option.
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <chrono>
using namespace std::chrono;
using namespace std;
template<typename T>
int returnVal(T compare) {
std::vector<int> v = {1,2,3,4};
if(std::is_same<T,std::greater<int>>::value) {
return std::min(v[0], v[1], compare);
} else {
return std::min(v[2], v[3], compare);
}
}
int returnValNoTemplate(bool b) {
std::vector<int> v = {1,2,3,4};
if(b == true) {
return std::min(v[0], v[1]);
} else {
return std::min(v[2], v[3]);
}
}
int main()
{
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
auto start = high_resolution_clock::now();
for(int i = 0; i < 100000;++i) {
int x = returnVal(std::greater<int>());
}
auto stop = high_resolution_clock::now();
auto duration = duration_cast<microseconds>(stop - start);
cout <<"is_same duration:" << duration.count() << "\n" << endl;
auto start1 = high_resolution_clock::now();
for(int i = 0; i < 100000;++i) {
int y = returnValNoTemplate(true);
}
auto stop1 = high_resolution_clock::now();
auto duration1 = duration_cast<microseconds>(stop1 - start1);
cout <<"No template duration:" << duration1.count() << "\n" << endl;
}
return 0;
}
R1: is_same duration:4052 No template duration:4041
R2: is_same duration:3954 No template duration:3950
R3: is_same duration:3963 No template duration:3973
R4: is_same duration:4008 No template duration:4048
R5: is_same duration:3948 No template duration:3998
R6: is_same duration:4130 No template duration:4036
R7: is_same duration:3932 No template duration:3948
R8: is_same duration:4183 No template duration:4088
R9: is_same duration:4731 No template duration:5062
R10: is_same duration:4018 No template duration:4887
#Swaping tests#
R1: No template duration:5729 is_same duration:5474
R2: No template duration:3988 is_same duration:4039
R3: No template duration:3996 is_same duration:4114
R4: No template duration:4063 is_same duration:4068
R5: No template duration:3979 is_same duration:4096
R6: No template duration:4159 is_same duration:4020
R7: No template duration:3990 is_same duration:4086
R8: No template duration:4001 is_same duration:4055
R9: No template duration:4048 is_same duration:4088
**R10:**No template duration:4070 is_same duration:4017