In C++, are bitsets actually a set of bools? Doesn’t this defeat the purpose of using a BitSet because bools are 32 bits (I think…)?
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In C++, are bitsets actually a set of bools? Doesn’t this defeat the purpose of using a BitSet because bools are 32 bits (I think…)?
They represent a collection of
bool‘s, but those values are really stored as bits in anunsigned long.The size of a
boolis not necessary any number of bits, neither is anunsigned long. (Though the minimum number of bits for any data type is 8, and for anunsigned longit must be at least 32.)