[Opensim-dev] Bit packing (was: Upcoming work on alternative client stack)

[Mana Janus]

Melanie,

Not sure, if I understand correctly what you mean...

> Not really. Two memory accesses to retrieve 2 values packed into one 
> byte are 2 accesses. in C#, C++, unsafe blocks or even assembly. 
> They remain inefficient.
>   

The alternative seems to store the 2 values in 2 bytes? How would two 
memory accesses to retrieve two values from two bytes be more efficient 
than retrieving them from the same byte? And if they are stored in the 
same byte you have always the option to retrieve both with only one 
memory access.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to advertise bit packing, just would 
like to understand your argument...

Mana