Dr. Dobb's | Object Swapping, Part 2: Algorithms Can Often Swap Instead of Copy

Object Swapping, Part 2: Algorithms Can Often Swap Instead of Copy

Swapping is often faster than assignment — a fact that often allows algorithms that swap to be dramatically faster than they would be if they used assignment. Here's why.

March 21, 2012
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