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Clarify math.bitwise -vs- bitwise-arithmetic docs

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Slava Pestov 2008-11-19 19:23:11 -06:00
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@ -310,8 +310,9 @@ ARTICLE: "math-bitfields" "Constructing bit fields"
"Some applications, such as binary communication protocols and assemblers, need to construct integers from elaborate bit field specifications. Hand-coding this using " { $link shift } " and " { $link bitor } " results in repetitive code. A higher-level facility exists to factor out this repetition:"
{ $subsection bitfield } ;
ARTICLE: "math.bitwise" "Bitwise arithmetic"
"The " { $vocab-link "math.bitwise" } " vocabulary can implements bitwise arithmetic words that are useful for efficiency, low-level programming, and interfacing with C libraries." $nl
ARTICLE: "math.bitwise" "Additional bitwise arithmetic"
"The " { $vocab-link "math.bitwise" } " vocabulary provides bitwise arithmetic words extending " { $link "bitwise-arithmetic" } ". They are useful for efficiency, low-level programming, and interfacing with C libraries."
$nl
"Setting and clearing bits:"
{ $subsection set-bit }
{ $subsection clear-bit }

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@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ ARTICLE: "bitwise-arithmetic" "Bitwise arithmetic"
{ $subsection 2/ }
{ $subsection 2^ }
{ $subsection bit? }
"The " { $vocab-link "math.bitwise" } " vocabulary implements additional bitwise integer operations."
{ $see-also "conditionals" } ;
ARTICLE: "arithmetic" "Arithmetic"