Re: fast templated bitfield finder
On 2007-12-29 16:54, shaun roe wrote:
How bout...
// Constraint: T has to be an integer type.
// Generate a mask containing bitCount_ number of one bits in the LSB position
template <int bitCount_, typename T>
struct Mask
{
static const T value = (T(1) << bitCount_) |
Mask<bitCount_ - 1, T>::value;
};
template <typename T>
struct Mask<0, T>
{
static const T value = 1;
};
// bitCount_ - Number of bits we are interested in
// lsb_ - Position of least significant bit we are interested in
template <int bitCount_, int lsb_, typename T>
inline T bitMask(const T& val)
{
return (val >> lsb_) & Mask<bitCount_, T>::value;
}
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
std::cout << bitMask<5, 3>(0x14AF24AB) << std::endl; // "21"
}
-dr
thanks, this definitely looks promising, and the recursive template is
sexy enough... and yet I find the same timing again as my own attempts;
I'm guessing that theres an 'inline' being ignored or some lazy
instantiation to overcome...
I'll give it another couple of goes to see what happens, maybe trying to
force an early instantiation
Instantiation of templates always occurs during compilation and can not
affect run- time performance.
--
Erik Wikstr?m
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