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Subject: Re: root search ordening

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 08:42:22 05/02/01

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On May 02, 2001 at 11:37:02, Paul wrote:

>I also use nodecounts after reading about it on CCC. But what type do you use
>for the counter, an unsigned int? That will overflow after a search of a couple
>of hours on these 1M node/s machines we have nowadays, wouldn't it? Or am I
>missing something (like a shift right)?

Shifting right sounds like a good idea, but it won't help if your
nodecounter itself also overflows of course.

I had a similar problem when moving from a Cyrix120 to an Athlon 1000...
mynodecounts started getting higher than my 'infinite' value.

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GCP



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