On 32-bit CPUs, is an 'integer' type more efficient than a 'short' type?

Question

On a 32-bit CPU, an integer is 4 bytes and a short integer is 2 bytes. If I am writing a C/C++ application that uses many numeric values that will always fit within the pro

Answer 1

Don't listen to the advice, try it.

This is probably going to depend heavily on the hardware/compiler that you're using. A quick test should make short work of this question. Probably less time to write the test than it is to write the question here.