From: Matthew Moss <matthew.moss.coder@...>
Date: 2006-02-09T09:13:18+09:00
Subject: Re: boolean annoyance

> > class Something
> >    def enabled?
> >      @flags[0x01].nonzero?
> >    end
> > end
> >
>
> I think this is a bad example at it does not what you think it does.
> While flags & 0x01 != 0 compares the least significant bit flags[0x01]
> does not. You're of by one. It will also not work for multibit checks like
> flags & 0x1C.

Ooops...  Yup, that was wrong given the context.