Out of bits in flagwords, what's the preferred way of extending it?

[Alan Modra]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 06:37:48PM +0100, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> 
> I'd like to use a new bit in sec->flags, unfortunately there are none left
> (well, 2 are apparently COFF only, but is there some way how to figure out
> section creator type)?

owner->xvec

> Should flagword simply be extended to 64 bits, or use 2 flags bitfields, or
> something else?

Since there are already a number of bitfields, I'd be inclined to use
bitfields.

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Alan Modra
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