Comment on A Neat Bitwise Trick for Swapping Even and Odd BitsparentComments−lawrencewuOP8yYou're right, 8 bits is small enough to just store in a table.This trick will work for any number of bits though. You might not want to use 2^64 entries in your table.−joezydeco8yThe question was an unsigned 8-bit input, not an arbitrary number.And the "trick" given in the answer still depends on a fixed number of input bits, no matter if it's 8, 32, or 10^100.
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You're right, 8 bits is small enough to just store in a table.
This trick will work for any number of bits though. You might not want to use 2^64 entries in your table.
The question was an unsigned 8-bit input, not an arbitrary number.
And the "trick" given in the answer still depends on a fixed number of input bits, no matter if it's 8, 32, or 10^100.