is 'absolute' faster than Move()?

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For example,We have a DWORD = $12345678 Which of the instructions would be faster - absolute or Move()? ``` var a:DWORD = $12345678; b:Array[0..3] of byte absolute a; var a:DWORD = $12345678;b:Array[0..3] of Byte begin Move(a,b,4); end; ``` Specifically,I'm asking what exactly 'absolute' does,because if it doesn't use additional memory to write that byteArray then I have no reason to use Move instead of absolute in that case so how does 'absolute' work?

Accepted Answer

absolute does not perform any operation; it declares the address of a var to be the same as another var.

Move() performs a copy operation, which takes some time.

With absolute, both vars are stored at the same address, your second declaration stores the vars at different locations.

is 'absolute' faster than Move()?

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