title: STL iterators: Prefix increment faster?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicates:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2020184/preincrement-faster-than-postincrement-in-c-true-if-yes-why-is-it">Preincrement faster than postincrement in C++ - true? If yes, why is it?</a><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24901/is-there-a-performance-difference-between-i-and-i-in-c">Is there a performance difference between i++ and ++i in C++?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I got told that when using the STL and it's iterators, I should always use <code>++iter</code> instead of <code>iter++</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I quote: </p>
  
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    <p>Because it can only be faster, never slower</p>
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  <p>Is this true?</p>