>
> BTW, one problem I didn't understand at all was that g++ spit up on
> bitand() and bitor() as function names. Those are not C++ keywords
> to my knowledge; anyone have a theory?
>
I forgot these c++ keywords, as you never need to use them in a c++
program:
and bitand compl not_eq or_eq xor_eq
and_eq bitor not or xor
They are equivalents of the operators for use on systems that don't have
full character set support.
Bitand is the same as &, and bitor is the same as |