Performance of 32-bit integers in a 64-bit environment (C++)

Question

We\'ve started compiling both 32- and 64-bit versions of some of our applications. One of the guys on my project is encouraging us to switch all of our 32-bit integers to their

Answer 1

I think you have a huge case of pre-mature optimization staring you in the face. Never make micro changes like this in your application until a profiler has definitively told you that it is a source of significant performance problems.

Otherwise you'll spend a lot of time fixing non-problems.