Yeah, there's going to be these trade-offs (complexity/efficiency), but I've seen this end up in fellow student's personal projects after learning it in class.
Aside from that though, I think if you're clever enough to come to this and implement it well, I hope you're clever enough to understand whether or not it's the RightWay(TM).
Aside from that though, I think if you're clever enough to come to this and implement it well, I hope you're clever enough to understand whether or not it's the RightWay(TM).