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Bits don't appear in array sizes as we use bytes as smallest addressable unit on all relevant platforms.
by threatripper 5y ago
Bits don't appear in array sizes as we use bytes as smallest addressable unit on all relevant platforms.
- amelius 5y agoBut you could imagine a vector of booleans which you can subscript per boolean.
- threatripper 5y agoImaginable: Yes, Relevant: No
- hedora 5y agoCurrent intel 64 bit machines only have 57 bits of address space. The top bits of the pointers are wasted.