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

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>
> Subject: Re: [dwm] using bitaray for tags (PATCH)
> Reply-To: dynamic window manager <dwm_AT_suckless.org>
> List-Id: dynamic window manager <dwm.suckless.org>
>
> C has bitfield support inside structs:
>
> unsigned tagsapplied :8;
>
> and replace 8 with whatever value you want
>
> 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, I don't like varying-sized bitfield for this. But even on i386 we
can get 64 tags maximum with long long, prety much for everyone :)

-Ph

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