Re: [boost] [GSoC]Bits and Ints

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSoC]Bits and Ints
From: Andrew Sutton (andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-08 07:52:48

>
> For the bits part, what does the 'compressed' mean, what is
> the main difference between the array, vector and the normal
> ones?
>

Compressed is probably a poor choice of wording. It should have been
"compact". Essentially, this means that the objects in the vector or array
are encoded by the minimum bit-width (e.g., vector<bool>).

> Is there any other existing integral special functions that mentioned
> in the second part? Where can I find them?
>

I'm not aware of any. Maybe Jeremiah can provide some additional references?

Andrew Sutton
andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden]