[Oberon] INC(i) vs i := i + 1

[Jörg]

Semantically it’s the same. execution wise ther is a difference:
INC(i) is as fast as i := i +1;
INC(a[n]); is faster than a[n] := a[n] + 1; 

Jörg

> Am 03.05.2021 um 18:20 schrieb Jeff Maggio <jmaggio14 at gmail.com>:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> In most Oberon source, people tend to increment i with INC(i). Is there an efficiency reason for this, or is i := i + 1 just as fast?
> 
> I'm trying to write code that would be very easy for someone coming from python/C++ to understand, so I'd prefer to use i := i + 1 because it's syntactically familiar
> 
> best,
> Jeff
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