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Re: We're out of tree codes; now what?

> 1. We can go to 9-bit codes.  They're slower, independent of checking.
> Maybe we can make bitfields go faster, and get some of that back.  

I think it worth understanding why this is.  One or even two instructions
should be lost in the noise on a modern machine when they are always
accompanied by a load.
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