On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:50:07PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote: > > I was trying to refer to the bit with value 2**0. ?(There is some > > ambiguity in bit numbering: some people consider bits to be numbered > > left-to-right, so that this would be bit 7. ?See > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_numbering.) ?I'll call it bit 0 > > instead, as you say. > > I didn't realize that 2**0 was a standard bit numbering scheme. If > you prefer it I'm fine with leaving it, either way is good.
** is just the way that "power" is written in some programming languages (e.g. Fortran); 2 to the 0th power is 1. ^ is also a popular way to write "power", but I try to avoid using it in a C context since it has a different meaning in C. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
