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Re:Mispredicted branches can multiply your running times by omgtehlion on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @10:26AM (#21270673)
> https://github.com/kstenerud/bit-tricks/blob/master/bytes_re...

looks like over-engineering of (bits + 7) >> 3

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Re:Mispredicted branches can multiply your running times by skrimp on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @03:40PM (#21274597)
Your solution can overflow.
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Re:Mispredicted branches can multiply your running times by omgtehlion on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:55PM (#21276347)
this won't: (bits + 7LL) >> 3
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