Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] Define BITS_PER_BYTE | From | Bryan O'Sullivan <> | Date | Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:18:21 -0800 |
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On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 08:03 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Oh no :( This sounds as uncommon as CHAR_BIT in C.
CHAR_BIT is completely unclear. BITS_PER_BYTE is self-evident, and makes it a lot more obvious when you're doing arithmetic that involves counting bits.
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