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Re: Boolean Variable Type

• Posted by Lewis Townsend <keroltarr at HOTMAIL.COM> Feb 17, 2000
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Hello,

> >But I don't really care if it
> >takes up 32 bytes of space or not.
>
>I think would really concern me if it took up 32 bytes of space...  unless
>you meant to say 32 bits (4 bytes).    8^)

Oops, yes, I meant bits @@ <-- me rolling eyes

>But I'd have to agree that the memory 'wasted' on storing flags in an
>integer is trivial these days.  And I would bet that there would be a
>performance hit from the need to (internally) mask a bit to determine a
>boolean value.
>
>-- Brian

Wouldn't the space needed to store the memory address
of the bool have to be a 32 bit value anyway?
I considdered offering a solution in which you would
peek and poke to memory to store and retrieve boolean
values. I then realized that the memory address would
still have to be stored in a value much greater than
one bit in size.

:)

later,
Lewis Townsend
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