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Re: [rfa] ENUM BITFIELD, here it comes again


Michael, one request here. Can you add a commentary to each packed struct that documents exactly what the saving was, and exactly how that saving was computed.

Otherwize, the benefits of the change will pass into folk law - instead of treating them as a tradeoff - the packing has a performance const, people will come to believe that they are unconditionally good.

Andrew


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