[BusyBox] Re: [BusyBox-cvs] busybox/editors sed.c,1.167,1.168

[Bastian Blank]

On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:38:27AM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> I think the type used should try to minimise the number of casts done,
> other than that it should use the minimum integer suitable for the task.

Read access of char variables is done as a 32 bit read and a "and" with
a mask on allmost any arch. Archs with supports 8bit reads like i386
gives you longer opcodes and horrible long execution times compared to
32 bit access.

> Where does this "bool" come from, isnt that only a c++ thing ?

It is C99. (stdbool.h)

Bastian

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