[fpc-devel] Proposal for 2 new compiler functions

[Wolf]

Why not call them UIntSize instead of FLog2 and BinSearchSize forCLog2? 
That would give an indication of how to use them, and class them along 
SizeOf, for finding them easily. After all, you are looking for the size 
of a variable?

Wolf


On 13/06/2018 12:13, J. Gareth Moreton wrote:
> I can see where you're coming from here.
> If not a logarithm, what would you call
> these functions that concisely and
> compactly describes their behaviour and
> purpose? While "bit scan reverse" is
> effectively a truncated log2, with a flag
> set if the input was zero, it's not a name
> that jumps out at the user as "aah, that's
> what I need" or "ah, I know what that's
> for", and there's no equivalent to what
> I'm calling CLog2 yet.
>
> Would "ILog2" and "CILog2" differentiate
> them enough from the mathematical
> functions?
>
> Gareth
>
>
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