On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 01:19:30PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote: > >> 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. > > Right I understood the syntax, I just didn't realize you were > referring to the value not the index, I thought you were talking about > the bit in the 1th position, not the bit that represents the value 1.
Ah, OK. I understand now. Normally I would have said "the bit with value 1" but it was a space-constrained comment. Anyway, "bit 0" is even shorter than "bit 2**0", so I'll stick with that. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
