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Re: fts: expose dirent.d_type data when possible


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: fts: expose dirent.d_type data when possible
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:59:28 -0700
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According to Bruno Haible on 12/6/2008 5:43 AM:
>> +  return MultiplyDeBruijnBitPosition[(uint32_t) (p * 0x077CB531UL) >> 27];
> 
> Why is this done at runtime? Is S_IFMT not guaranteed to be a compile-time 
> constant?

Jim's later patches removed s_ifmt_shift_bits altogether, anyways, for a
more efficient direct use of S_IF* values.

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