Mr. Trawick can answer this one :)
From: "Cody Sherr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:40 AM
> +/* The max method number. Method numbers are used to shift bitmasks,
> + * so this cannot exceed 63, and all bits high is equal to -1, which is a
> + * special flag, so the last bit used has index 62.
You are assuming something here about the cpu that you might not get away with
on all platforms. I'd steal a bit instead of the -1 flag, so you can be sure
it works across architectures. Do we still have CPUs out there in Apache-land
with sign-bit-negation instead of bitwise-negation?
