Every bitfield may make the object a little smaller, but requires additional code when accessing the field. So it only makes sense in objects that are created in many many copies. The Manager is pretty much a singleton. -rwxrwxr-x 1 zbyszek zbyszek 4443840 Feb 9 16:14 build/systemd -rwxrwxr-x 1 zbyszek zbyszek 4442552 Feb 9 16:42 build/systemd We save 1288 bytes of code by "wasting" a few bytes on storage. (The speed advantages are probably more important, but harder to measure…)
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