To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 16:24:02 -0700
Subject: Allegro fixed point variables
Message-ID: <19970513.174418.12478.0.bshadwick@juno.com>
From: bshadwick AT juno DOT com (Ben N Shadwick)
Precedence: bulk

I was just messing around some more with a little program I made to test
out Allegro, and I noticed in Allegro.txt it says (pertaining to fixed
point numbers & angles):

"Angles are represented in a binary format with 256 equal to a full
circle, 
64 being a right angle and so on. This has the advantage that a simple 
bitwise 'and' can be used to keep the angle within the range zero to a
full 
circle, eliminating all those tiresome 'if (angle >= 360)' checks."

Call me stupid, but how exactly would I implement a bitwise and to get it
to do that (in such a way that it would be more practical than the above
check)?

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