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I have a C++ header file that contains the following definitions:
#define CACHE_NUM_WAYS (1<<1)
#define CACHE_DATA_SIZE (1<<8)
It is used as an integer in the rest of the code.
What does it mean? And what is its value?
1 << 1 means:
1 << 8 means:
It’s a bit shift operation. For every 1 on the right, you can think of yourself as multiplying the value on the left by 2. So, 2 << 1 = 4 and 2 << 2 = 8. This is much more efficient than doing 1 * 2.
Also, you can do 4 >> 1 = 2 (and 5 >> 1 = 2 since you round down) as the inverse operation.