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

[Phil Edwards]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:20:28AM -0600, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> 
> also, it might be possible to completely eliminate the macro CHAR_BIT
> now. If possible, this should be done.

Yep, the compiler defines __CHAR_BIT__ for us unconditionally.

The _GLIBCPP_BITSET_BITS_PER_WORD macro can also be redefined, if we feel
like pulling in numeric_limits.


Phil

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