slightly improved

README.md

@@ -155,19 +155,19 @@ Dell XPS 13 out of the mid 2014):
 
 | Benchmark | EntityX (compile-time) | EnTT |
 |-----------|-------------|-------------|
-| Create 10M entities | 0.1289s | **0.0409s** |
-| Destroy 10M entities | **0.0531s** | 0.0546s |
-| Standard view, 10M entities, one component | 0.0107s | **1.6e-07s** |
-| Standard view, 10M entities, two components | **0.0113s** | 0.0295s |
-| Standard view, 10M entities, two components<br/>Half of the entities have all the components | **0.0078s** | 0.0150s |
-| Standard view, 10M entities, two components<br/>One of the entities has all the components | 0.0071s | **8.8e-07s** |
-| Persistent view, 10M entities, two components | 0.0113s | **5.7e-07s** |
-| Standard view, 10M entities, five components | **0.0091s** | 0.0688s |
-| Persistent view, 10M entities, five components | 0.0091s | **2.9e-07s** |
-| Standard view, 10M entities, ten components | **0.0105s** | 0.1403s |
-| Standard view, 10M entities, ten components<br/>Half of the entities have all the components | **0.0090s** | 0.0620s |
+| Create 10M entities | 0.1289s | **0.0388s** |
+| Destroy 10M entities | **0.0531s** | 0.0828s |
+| Standard view, 10M entities, one component | 0.0107s | **7.8e-08s** |
+| Standard view, 10M entities, two components | **0.0113s** | 0.0244s |
+| Standard view, 10M entities, two components<br/>Half of the entities have all the components | **0.0078s** | 0.0129s |
+| Standard view, 10M entities, two components<br/>One of the entities has all the components | 0.0071s | **5.5e-07s** |
+| Persistent view, 10M entities, two components | 0.0113s | **1.1e-07s** |
+| Standard view, 10M entities, five components | **0.0091s** | 0.0672s |
+| Persistent view, 10M entities, five components | 0.0091s | **2.5e-07s** |
+| Standard view, 10M entities, ten components | **0.0105s** | 0.1306s |
+| Standard view, 10M entities, ten components<br/>Half of the entities have all the components | **0.0090s** | 0.0629s |
 | Standard view, 10M entities, ten components<br/>One of the entities has all the components | 0.0070s | **1.3e-06s** |
-| Persistent view, 10M entities, ten components | 0.0105s | **6.2e-07s** |
+| Persistent view, 10M entities, ten components | 0.0105s | **5.0e-07s** |
 | Sort 150k entities, one component<br/>Arrays are in reverse order | - | **0.0043s** |
 | Sort 150k entities, enforce permutation<br/>Arrays are in reverse order | - | **0.0006s** |
 

src/entt/entity/sparse_set.hpp

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class SparseSet<Entity> {
     struct Iterator final {
         using value_type = Entity;
 
-        Iterator(const std::vector<value_type> *direct, std::size_t pos)
+        Iterator(const std::vector<value_type> &direct, std::size_t pos)
             : direct{direct}, pos{pos}
         {}
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class SparseSet<Entity> {
         }
 
         bool operator==(const Iterator &other) const noexcept {
-            return other.pos == pos && other.direct == direct;
+            return other.pos == pos;
         }
 
         bool operator!=(const Iterator &other) const noexcept {
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ class SparseSet<Entity> {
         }
 
         value_type operator*() const noexcept {
-            return (*direct)[pos-1];
+            return direct[pos-1];
         }
 
     private:
-        const std::vector<value_type> *direct;
+        const std::vector<value_type> &direct;
         std::size_t pos;
     };
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public:
      * @return An iterator to the first element of the internal packed array.
      */
     iterator_type begin() const noexcept {
-        return Iterator{&direct, direct.size()};
+        return Iterator{direct, direct.size()};
     }
 
     /**
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public:
      * internal packed array.
      */
     iterator_type end() const noexcept {
-        return Iterator{&direct, 0};
+        return Iterator{direct, 0};
     }
 
     /**

src/entt/entity/view.hpp

@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class View final {
     class Iterator {
         inline bool valid() const noexcept {
             using accumulator_type = bool[];
-            auto entity = *begin;
+            const auto entity = *begin;
             bool all = true;
             accumulator_type accumulator =  { all, (all = all && std::get<pool_type<Component> &>(pools).has(entity))... };
             (void)accumulator;
@@ -377,9 +377,7 @@ class View final {
         }
 
         Iterator & operator++() noexcept {
-            ++begin;
-            while(begin != end && !valid()) { ++begin; }
-            return *this;
+            return (++begin != end && !valid()) ? ++(*this) : *this;
         }
 
         Iterator operator++(int) noexcept {