uint256: optimize Mul, squared and Exp #152
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Using 4 local uint64 variable enables register allocation instead of memory allocation for uint256.
This improve the performance of
Mul
,squared
,Exp
about 40%.Edit:
I found out later that the above is not the reason why this pull request can boost performance.
Optimzing
uint256.Set
achieves the same effect. See #153Running
returns
Benchmark
squared
benchmark:Exp
benchmark:Mul
benchmark: