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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:30:00 -0000
From: David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com>
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To: Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com>
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Subject: Re: (len % 1) != 0
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Dave Korn wrote:
> On 19 February 2008 16:30, Sheng-Liang Song wrote:
> 
>> or
>>
>>  (len  & 1) != 0   <=>  (len % 2) != 0
>>
> 
>   That would have the advantage of not requiring a divide operation :)
> 

But GCC will fold it to the bitwise and form, so it doesn't really matter.

David Daney