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Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp')
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diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp index e432322aeb..cae8267772 100644 --- a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp @@ -117,6 +117,20 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE \sa isEmpty() */ +/* + * QBitArray construction note: + * + * We overallocate the byte array by 1 byte. The first user bit is at + * d.data()[1]. On the extra first byte, we store the difference between the + * number of bits in the byte array (including this byte) and the number of + * bits in the bit array. Therefore, it's always a number between 8 and 15. + * + * This allows for fast calculation of the bit array size: + * inline int size() const { return (d.size() << 3) - *d.constData(); } + * + * Note: for an array of zero size, *d.constData() is the QByteArray implicit NUL. + */ + /*! Constructs a bit array containing \a size bits. The bits are initialized with \a value, which defaults to false (0). |