2 May
2015
2 May
'15
10:53 p.m.
On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 08:57:25PM +0100, Will Godfrey wrote:
No, the compiler will use one of the available int sizes (again
depending on CPU) and just test for zero/not-zero. It will not
try to use each bit separately.
For arrays of bool, GCC uses a char for each bool.
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What masking?
Presumably bits have to be masked when being set or read to provide the boolean
action. I wouldn't expect true single bit direct storage to be available.