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When in doubt, add another layer of indirectionWhen in doubt, add another layer of indirectionPosted Jun 9, 2011 7:43 UTC (Thu) by kevinm (guest, #69913)In reply to: When in doubt, add another layer of indirection by sethml Parent article: Object-oriented design patterns in the kernel, part 1
This seems like a reasonable idea, although the hit to readability and simplicity is such that you'd only want to do it in places where it would make a real memory difference.
Why not try it and see?
(By the way, it'd be 48 bits that you'd save replacing a 64 bit pointer with a 16 bit index).
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