Re: [PATCH] Optimize is_power_of_2().

[David M. Lloyd]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:47:50 +0200 (CEST)
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Jun 15 2007 18:56, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> > bool is_power_of_2(unsigned long n)
> > {
> >-	return (n != 0 && ((n & (n - 1)) == 0));
> >+	return n * !(n & (n - 1));
> > }
> 
> There is a third way which uses neither * nor &&, but []:

I assume using something GCC-specific is right out?

bool is_power_of_to(unsigned long n)
{
	return __builtin_ffsl(n) == 1;
}

- DML
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