[patch] Use bit scanning and counting builtins for std::bitset

[Phil Edwards]

On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 03:34:34AM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> this patch utilizes gcc's builtin functions for bit counting and
> scanning.  With it, I can achieve a speedup of 32% for a toy program
> of mine (by using the Alpha "ctpop" instruction).

Nice.  I'm the middle of ugly stuff right now, but I'll look closer at
the patch tomorrow.


Phil

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