On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, Steve wrote: > On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, Sammy wrote: > > > After z you would use caps, starting with A, B, C, etc. Keep in mind > > that you can only have 32 flags. Once you've got 32, you'll have to add > > another long bitvector or do some fancy bit handling. > > what if i wanted to use a long double (80 to 96bits depending on > compiler/platform) what ascii flags would/could i use or would i have to > write a new asciflag_convert() function? > Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think doubles allow some of the cool bit-related stuff, like shl/shr and mod. (Ooh, asm...) I know that the modulus isn't allowed, at least, not without some special modification or other, but shl/shr shouldn't be allowed either 'cause it might screw over the decimal place. ________________________________________________________________________ Tel Janin Aellinsar http://www.crocker.com/~icarus McCoy Enterprises Corporation Shayol Ghul Resort and Health Spa Berserker Dragon, Knights of the Cosmos icarus@BERKSHIRE.NET
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