On 2009/08/17 15:08, Thomas Pfaff wrote: > On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:26:08 +0200 > Claudio Jeker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Seems a bit overkill to mark personal preference with XXX magic, but > > > alright. I'll go with that explanation ;-) > > > > The magic is for the value 1 (it does not matter if written 1 or 0x1) it > > seems that for some magic reason that bit needs to be set or the world > > stops spinning or something similar. > > > > Using hex notation for bitfields is more or less the standart as it is > > easier to convert then decimals. > > > > I agree, and I tend to do this myself. > > It's not very consistent throughout the code, though, but whatever. > > There's no magic and that was my question ;-)
"magic" is used in the sense of the 2nd meaning "unnamed numerical constants" of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(programming)
