Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Greg Ewing schrieb:
>>Also it means you'd pay a penalty every time you
>>access it
> 
> That penalty is already paid today.

You'd still have that penalty, *plus* the
overhead of bit masking to get at the value.

Maybe that wouldn't be noticeable among all
the other overheads, though.

--
Greg
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