Can i use bytes instead of int or shorts to save processing?

Asked Jul 15 '21 at 13:26

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My program is getting complex, i want to save processing, so, i'm replacing ints for shorts, but, i'm a beginner, don't know if use bytes will make anything don't work correctly.
So, in a for with a short contage, it's good to use bytes? Like this:

for (byte i = 0; i < 4; i ++)
{
    // Do something.
}

Have any problem to use bytes in a contage less than 256?

asked Jul 15 '21 at 13:26

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What is a contage? Anyway, this almost certainly seems like premature optimization and in the wrong place. – ProgrammingLlama Jul 15 '21 at 13:28
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See [Why should I use int instead of a byte or short in C#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1097467/why-should-i-use-int-instead-of-a-byte-or-short-in-c-sharp) – Alex K. Jul 15 '21 at 13:28
use lower level language(C) if you really want to lower resource. – Lei Yang Jul 15 '21 at 13:28
I guess with contage he means count? – Link Jul 15 '21 at 13:32
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"i'm a beginner" -> use the least fancy approach (int). Then when not beginner, allow yourself to get fancy. – Noah Stahl Jul 15 '21 at 13:34
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using a byte in this case doesn't save you processing but memory.. but you are not saving that much memory just 3 bytes.. which is not worth the 'complexity' imo – Zach Hutchins Jul 15 '21 at 13:40
In memory a byte is likely to consume 4 bytes as well due to alignment optimizations. – Alex K. Jul 15 '21 at 14:05

Can i use bytes instead of int or shorts to save processing?

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