>>>>> "Roger" == Roger Marquis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Roger> Why would you need 256 priorities when almost no applications use more
Roger> than 2 or 3 of the existing 8?

Why not? I can _easily_ imagine needing more than 8. Imagining more than 256
is possible but requires significantly more effort. It's conveniently one
byte, and avoids bit-fields.

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