谷歌c++风格指南说:

Preincrement and Predecrement Use prefix form (++i) of the increment and decrement operators with iterators and other template objects. Definition: When a variable is incremented (++i or i++) or decremented (--i or i--) and the value of the expression is not used, one must decide whether to preincrement (decrement) or postincrement (decrement). Pros: When the return value is ignored, the "pre" form (++i) is never less efficient than the "post" form (i++), and is often more efficient. This is because post-increment (or decrement) requires a copy of i to be made, which is the value of the expression. If i is an iterator or other non-scalar type, copying i could be expensive. Since the two types of increment behave the same when the value is ignored, why not just always pre-increment? Cons: The tradition developed, in C, of using post-increment when the expression value is not used, especially in for loops. Some find post-increment easier to read, since the "subject" (i) precedes the "verb" (++), just like in English. Decision: For simple scalar (non-object) values there is no reason to prefer one form and we allow either. For iterators and other template types, use pre-increment.

即使在没有性能优势的内置类型上也应该使用++i的原因是为了给自己养成一个好习惯。

是时候给人们提供智慧的宝石了;)-有一个简单的技巧可以让c++的后缀增量表现得和前缀增量几乎一样(为自己发明的，但我在其他人的代码中也看到了它，所以我不是一个人)。

基本上，诀窍是在返回后使用helper类来延迟增量，然后RAII来拯救

#include <iostream>

class Data {
    private: class DataIncrementer {
        private: Data& _dref;

        public: DataIncrementer(Data& d) : _dref(d) {}

        public: ~DataIncrementer() {
            ++_dref;
        }
    };

    private: int _data;

    public: Data() : _data{0} {}

    public: Data(int d) : _data{d} {}

    public: Data(const Data& d) : _data{ d._data } {}

    public: Data& operator=(const Data& d) {
        _data = d._data;
        return *this;
    }

    public: ~Data() {}

    public: Data& operator++() { // prefix
        ++_data;
        return *this;
    }

    public: Data operator++(int) { // postfix
        DataIncrementer t(*this);
        return *this;
    }

    public: operator int() {
        return _data;
    }
};

int
main() {
    Data d(1);

    std::cout <<   d << '\n';
    std::cout << ++d << '\n';
    std::cout <<   d++ << '\n';
    std::cout << d << '\n';

    return 0;
}

Invented用于一些繁重的自定义迭代器代码，它减少了运行时间。前缀vs后缀的成本现在是一个参考，如果这是自定义操作符做大量的移动，前缀和后缀产生了相同的运行时为我。

++i -更快，不使用返回值 i++ -使用返回值更快

当不使用返回值时，编译器保证不会在++i的情况下使用临时类型。不保证更快，但保证不会变慢。

当使用返回值i++时，允许处理器同时推送 增量和左侧进入管道，因为它们彼此不依赖。i可能会使管道停止，因为处理器无法启动左侧，直到增量前操作已经蜿蜒完成。同样，也不保证会出现管道失速，因为处理器可能会找到其他有用的东西来插入。

说编译器不能优化掉后缀情况下的临时变量副本是不完全正确的。用VC进行的快速测试表明，至少在某些情况下，它可以做到这一点。

在下面的例子中，生成的代码对于前缀和后缀是相同的，例如:

#include <stdio.h>

class Foo
{
public:

    Foo() { myData=0; }
    Foo(const Foo &rhs) { myData=rhs.myData; }

    const Foo& operator++()
    {
        this->myData++;
        return *this;
    }

    const Foo operator++(int)
    {
        Foo tmp(*this);
        this->myData++;
        return tmp;
    }

    int GetData() { return myData; }

private:

    int myData;
};

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    Foo testFoo;

    int count;
    printf("Enter loop count: ");
    scanf("%d", &count);

    for(int i=0; i<count; i++)
    {
        testFoo++;
    }

    printf("Value: %d\n", testFoo.GetData());
}

无论您使用的是++testFoo还是testfoo++，都将得到相同的结果代码。事实上，无需从用户读取计数，优化器将整个事情归结为一个常数。所以这个:

for(int i=0; i<10; i++)
{
    testFoo++;
}

printf("Value: %d\n", testFoo.GetData());

结果如下:

00401000  push        0Ah  
00401002  push        offset string "Value: %d\n" (402104h) 
00401007  call        dword ptr [__imp__printf (4020A0h)] 

因此，虽然后缀版本肯定会更慢，但如果你不使用它，优化器可能会足够好，可以摆脱临时副本。

谷歌c++风格指南说:

Preincrement and Predecrement Use prefix form (++i) of the increment and decrement operators with iterators and other template objects. Definition: When a variable is incremented (++i or i++) or decremented (--i or i--) and the value of the expression is not used, one must decide whether to preincrement (decrement) or postincrement (decrement). Pros: When the return value is ignored, the "pre" form (++i) is never less efficient than the "post" form (i++), and is often more efficient. This is because post-increment (or decrement) requires a copy of i to be made, which is the value of the expression. If i is an iterator or other non-scalar type, copying i could be expensive. Since the two types of increment behave the same when the value is ignored, why not just always pre-increment? Cons: The tradition developed, in C, of using post-increment when the expression value is not used, especially in for loops. Some find post-increment easier to read, since the "subject" (i) precedes the "verb" (++), just like in English. Decision: For simple scalar (non-object) values there is no reason to prefer one form and we allow either. For iterators and other template types, use pre-increment.