• CameronDev@programming.devM
    6·
    8 days ago

    I use usize by default, but last year there was a challenge that significantly improved performance when I switched from usize to u8 (don’t recall which one though).

    • eco_game@discuss.tchncs.deOP
      3·
      7 days ago

      I usually use Longs by default too, but this year I mostly got by with Ints, so I’ve stuck to Ints for less memory (my solutions tend to be rather inefficient in that regard .-.)

    • Deebster@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      I normally use the “most appropriate” size, but this year I’m just using usize everywhere and it’s a lot more fun. So far I haven’t found any problem where it ran too slow and the problem was in my implementation and not my algorithm choice.