Re: [PATCH 0/3] pack-bitmap: boundary-based bitmap traversal

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: May 3, 2023, 21:43 UTC
Message-ID: <ZFLVkrrtMXaOJCxS@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <5943de3d-3dad-c600-c6d6-3c10c2851071@github.com>

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 03:52:29PM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote:

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> It's a good opportunity to re-think if we should be using bitmaps in
> these contexts at all, or if there is a simpler thing to do by
> disabling them when 'haves' exist. I don't think that's the right
> thing to do in all cases, but the experiments you've demonstrated here
> seem to point in that direction.

Yes, I agree that it's a worthwhile direction to consider in the future. I fear that it will be hard to come up with absolute rules here, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth trying :-).

Thanks, Taylor

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