Re: [fpc-pascal] Booleans vs sets

2017-09-22 Thread Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
Am 22.09.2017 12:56 schrieb "Ryan Joseph" : > > Got it, thanks guys. > > Btw, how can I know what the size in bytes these 2 options are? You could use SizeOf(YourType) and output the values in a simple test program :) Regards, Sven ___ fpc-pascal mailli

Re: [fpc-pascal] Booleans vs sets

2017-09-22 Thread Ryan Joseph
Got it, thanks guys. Btw, how can I know what the size in bytes these 2 options are? > On Sep 21, 2017, at 4:47 PM, Michael Van Canneyt > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > >> On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:16:21 +0700 >> Ryan Joseph wrote: >> >>> I have a class that is

Re: [fpc-pascal] Booleans vs sets

2017-09-21 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:16:21 +0700 Ryan Joseph wrote: I have a class that is filling up with booleans. Would it be more efficient to store these as a “set of”? I have 10 bools which is getting up there. Sets need less memory as they are stored

Re: [fpc-pascal] Booleans vs sets

2017-09-21 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:16:21 +0700 Ryan Joseph wrote: > I have a class that is filling up with booleans. Would it be more efficient > to store these as a “set of”? I have 10 bools which is getting up there. Sets need less memory as they are stored as bits. Speed depends on the operations and am

[fpc-pascal] Booleans vs sets

2017-09-21 Thread Ryan Joseph
I have a class that is filling up with booleans. Would it be more efficient to store these as a “set of”? I have 10 bools which is getting up there. Regards, Ryan Joseph ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.f