Efficently scanning a bit array

[Chris Jefferson]

2008/7/1 John Love-Jensen <eljay@adobe.com>:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Depending on your platform, these may be available:
> man 3 bitstring
> man 3 ffs
>
> If you are using C++, consider <bitset> std::bitset.


Thanks (and to Andrew too)

Unfortunatly I cannot use std::bitset as the bits are already
allocated. However, this code is useful to get an idea as to how I
should progress. Thank you!

Chris