Reading variables - more clock cycles?

[Bruce]

They are all equal.

TMR1H = %01010101
TMR1L = %11110001

Produces;

   MOVLW 0x55                
   MOVWF TMR1H               
   MOVLW 0xf1                
   MOVWF TMR1L

HighTimes = 10
LowTimes = 20 ' loading these vars is the only real time difference

TMR1H = HighTimes
TMR1L = LowTimes

Produces;

   MOVF _HighTimes, W        
   MOVWF TMR1H               
   MOVF _LowTimes, W         
   MOVWF TMR1L

The 2nd version of course depends on which bank your vars are in.
Could take more code if they're not in bank0.