On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Patrick M. O'Laughlin wrote: > George Greer wrote: >> On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Patrick M. O'Laughlin wrote: >> >> >Is there another way to increase the number of flags available >> >besides using the 128-bit patch method? >> >> 1) Add more variables (you get 32 more at a time) >> i.e.) AFF2_FLAGGED, PLR3_FLAGGED, etc. >> >> 2) Make bitvectors 'unsigned long long' (64 bits each) >> >> 3) Both of the above. >> >> 4) Bitfields. (Rather drastic change) > >Are there any major advantages that the 128-bit patch has over option #2? 128-bit patch allows arbitrary-size bits (uses arrays). #2 is limited to 64 without doing #1. -- George Greer greerga@circlemud.org -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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