Re: [dwm] using bitaray for tags (PATCH)

From: Premysl Hruby <dfenze_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:05:25 +0200

On (20/05/08 11:22), Kurt H Maier wrote:
> To: dynamic window manager <dwm_AT_suckless.org>
> From: Kurt H Maier <karmaflux_AT_gmail.com>
>
> C has bitfield support inside structs:
>
> unsigned tagsapplied :8;
>
> and replace 8 with whatever value you want

Not really with whatever value, only that values so whole variable will
fit into int/long long

>
> Bitfields are a bad idea imo; code has to be changed pretty severely
> to handle a varying-sized bitfield. You'd have to either limit the
> number of tags a user can create or else do a lot of work to
> generalize the code.
>

Yes, we solved this by not using variable-sized bitfields. ;)

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Premysl "Anydot" Hruby, http://www.redrum.cz/
Received on Wed May 21 2008 - 13:05:31 UTC

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