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		russdill 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How many options fit into a boolean? Um, no. Please show me how you can fit 255 possible states in something smaller than a byte by using bitfields.

RobotToaster 23 days ago [–]

I was quoting the first paragraph, where it says a single normal bool takes a byte.

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