Re: [PATCH 02/13] improve bitmap / sbitmap compatability of bitmap_set_bit

[Richard Sandiford <richard.sandiford@linaro.org>]

tbsaunde+gcc@tbsaunde.org writes:
> From: Trevor Saunders <tbsaunde+gcc@tbsaunde.org>
>
> This make the sbitmap version return true if the bit was previously
> unset to make it similar to the bitmap version.
>
> gcc/ChangeLog:
>
> 2017-05-09  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+gcc@tbsaunde.org>
>
> 	* sbitmap.h (bitmap_set_bit): Return bool similar to bitmap
> version of this function.
> ---
>  gcc/sbitmap.h | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gcc/sbitmap.h b/gcc/sbitmap.h
> index cba0452cdb9..d4e3177d495 100644
> --- a/gcc/sbitmap.h
> +++ b/gcc/sbitmap.h
> @@ -108,11 +108,14 @@ bitmap_bit_p (const_sbitmap map, int bitno)
>  
>  /* Set bit number BITNO in the sbitmap MAP.  */
>  
> -static inline void
> +static inline bool
>  bitmap_set_bit (sbitmap map, int bitno)
>  {
> -  map->elms[bitno / SBITMAP_ELT_BITS]
> -    |= (SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE) 1 << (bitno) % SBITMAP_ELT_BITS;
> +  SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE &word = map->elms[bitno / SBITMAP_ELT_BITS];
> +    SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE mask = (SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE) 1 << (bitno) % SBITMAP_ELT_BITS;
> +    bool ret = (word & mask) == 0;
> +    word |= mask;
> +    return ret;
>  }

Indentation looks off (mabye it's a mailer thing?).  Think the function
comment should be updated too -- personally I can never remember whether
true means "I just set it" or "it was already set" :-)

What's the current position on the use of references?  IMO a pointer
is clearer here.

Thanks,
Richard