powerof2 - test if a value is a power of 2
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Caveats
The arguments may be evaluated more than once.
Because this macro is implemented using bitwise operations, some negative values can invoke undefined
behavior. For example, the following invokes undefined behavior: powerof2(INT_MIN);. Call it only with
unsigned types to be safe.
Description
This macro returns true if x is a power of 2, and false otherwise.
0 is considered a power of 2. This can make sense considering wrapping of unsigned integers, and has
interesting properties.
Library
Standard C library (libc)
Name
powerof2 - test if a value is a power of 2
Return Value
True or false, if x is a power of 2 or not, respectively.
See Also
stdc_bit_ceil(3), stdc_bit_floor(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 powerof2(3)
Standards
BSD.
Synopsis
#include<sys/param.h>intpowerof2(x);
