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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 20:39:42 -0400
From: Andrew Rodland <arodland@noln.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -ac] Panicking in morse code
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On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 20:35:15 -0400 (EDT)
Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> wrote:

> > +static const char * morse[] = {
> > +	".-", "-...", "-.-.", "-..", ".", "..-.", "--.", "....", /* A-H
> > */+	"..", ".---.", "-.-", ".-..", "--", "-.", "---", ".--.", /* I-P
> > */+	"--.-", ".-.", "...", "-", "..-", "...-", ".--", "-..-", /* Q-X
> > */+	"-.--", "--..",	 	 	 	 	 	 /* Y-Z
> > */+	"-----", ".----", "..---", "...--", "....-",	 	 /* 0-4 */
> > +	".....", "-....", "--...", "---..", "----."	 	 /* 5-9 */
> 
> How about using bitmasks here. Say top five bits being the length,
> lower 5 bits being 1 for dash 0 for dit ?
> 
v2 uses an algorithm suggested to me in private that allows you to fit
7 bits of morse into 8 bits. Very clever method.

> 
> But very nice
> 

Thanks. :)
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