Re: [IDEA] rambling about limited AFF flags

From: George (greerga@CIRCLEMUD.ORG)
Date: 08/27/98


On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Phooey On You wrote:

>Since AFF flags are limited to 32 (or 128 if you use the 128-bitvecotr patch),
>has anyone considered a new way of implemeting these AFF flags??
>
>I think bitvectors was a good choice at first, but as people's muds grew, 32
>just wasn't enough.  Then people came up with the AFF2 flag or bitfields, but
>it still seems limited.

unsigned long long

or

bitfields

Two "easy" methods, each with drawbacks I won't go into here. (It's in the
archives.)

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