Re: Single-bit I/O

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Kevin C. schreef:
> Quick, stupid question. Does C/C++ have any mechanisms for handling
> memory at the bit level, other than using 8-bit masks? So for example
> if I was implementing a compression algorithm like Huffman, would I
> have to do a lot of bit-byte conversion?

std::vector<bool> is space-optimized. That of course means you can't
get a bool* to the buffer, but it's iterator works like a "bit pointer"

HTH,
Michiel Salters

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