[Haskell-cafe] Re: fast integer base-2 log function?

Chad Scherrer chad.scherrer at gmail.com
Wed Feb 27 13:22:38 EST 2008


Jens Blanck <jens.blanck <at> gmail.com> writes:

>  {-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-} import GHC.Exts import Data.Bits -- experiment
with using a LUT here (hint: FFI + static arrays in C)
> ...

Sorry I don't have an answer, only more questions.

Is {-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-} documented somewhere? I've seen it referenced a
few times now, but I can't find any details about it.

Chad



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