First code :
public static int pitagoras(int a, int b)
{
return (int) Math.sqrt(a*a + b*b);
}
public static int distance(int x, int y, int x2, int y2)
{
return pitagoras(x - x2, y - y2);
}
distancecalled very often. When I compiled it with javacand then decompiled with javap -c, I got this bytecode:
public static int pitagoras(int, int);
Code:
0: iload_0
1: iload_0
2: imul
3: iload_1
4: iload_1
5: imul
6: iadd
7: i2d
8: invokestatic #24; //Method java/lang/Math.sqrt:(D)D
11: d2i
12: ireturn
public static int distance(int, int, int, int);
Code:
0: iload_0
1: iload_2
2: isub
3: iload_1
4: iload_3
5: isub
6: invokestatic #34; //Method pitagoras:(II)I
9: ireturn
It seems that javacnot optimize the second function distance.
The second code , I think, is faster:
public static int distance(int x, int y, int x2, int y2)
{
return (int) Math.sqrt((x - x2) * (x - x2) + (y - y2) * (y - y2));
}
And its bytecode:
public static int distance(int, int, int, int);
Code:
0: iload_0
1: iload_2
2: isub
3: iload_0
4: iload_2
5: isub
6: imul
7: iload_1
8: iload_3
9: isub
10: iload_1
11: iload_3
12: isub
13: imul
14: iadd
15: i2d
16: invokestatic #24; //Method java/lang/Math.sqrt:(D)D
19: d2i
20: ireturn
Is it invokestaticso fast that it is the same as inserting a static function? Why javacnot optimize this? Or maybe this is actually optimized, and these two codes will give the same thing, but am I missing something?