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.

@wilhelmtell

编译器可以省略临时对象。从另一个线程逐字逐句:

c++编译器允许消除基于堆栈的临时对象，即使这样做会改变程序行为。MSDN链接vc8:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms364057 (VS.80) . aspx

++i比i = i +1快，因为在i = i +1中发生了两个操作，第一个递增，第二次将其赋值给一个变量。但是在i++中只进行增量操作。

++i比i++快，因为它不返回值的旧副本。

它也更直观:

x = i++;  // x contains the old value of i
y = ++i;  // y contains the new value of i 

这个C语言的例子输出的是“02”而不是你所期望的“12”:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(){
    int a = 0;
    printf("%d", a++);
    printf("%d", ++a);
    return 0;
}

c++也是一样:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(){
    int a = 0;
    cout << a++;
    cout << ++a;
    return 0;
}

两者都一样快;) 如果你想在处理器上进行相同的计算，只是计算的顺序不同。

例如，以下代码:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int a = 0;
    a++;
    int b = 0;
    ++b;
    return 0;
}

生产以下组件:

0x0000000100000f24 <main+0>: push %rbp 0x0000000100000f25 <main+1>: mov %rsp，%rbp 0x0000000100000f28 <main+4>: movl $0x0，-0x4(%rbp) 0x0000000100000f2f <main+11>: incl -0x4(%rbp) 0x0000000100000f32 <main+14>: movl $0x0，-0x8(%rbp) 0x0000000100000f39 <main+21>: incl -0x8(%rbp) 0x0000000100000f3c <main+24>: mov $0x0，%eax 0x0000000100000f41 <main+29>: leaveq .日志含义 0x0000000100000f42 <main+30>: retq

你可以看到，对于a++和b++，它是一个包含助记符，所以它是相同的操作;)

@Ketan

.．.加薪忽略了关于意图和性能的细节。有时我们想用iter++而不是++iter。

Obviously post and pre-increment have different semantics and I'm sure everyone agrees that when the result is used you should use the appropriate operator. I think the question is what should one do when the result is discarded (as in for loops). The answer to this question (IMHO) is that, since the performance considerations are negligible at best, you should do what is more natural. For myself ++i is more natural but my experience tells me that I'm in a minority and using i++ will cause less metal overhead for most people reading your code.

毕竟，这就是语言不叫“c++ C”的原因。[*]

[*]插入关于c++ C是一个更合乎逻辑的名称的必要讨论。