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cnvogel on Nov 5, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: 8-bit number to binary string

You are right, the carry bits will clobber the neighboring bytes, I think.

acqq on Nov 5, 2015 [–]

> the carry bits will clobber

Actually, not the carry bits, the "content" bits. The 8-bit content must appear on more places there for the magic to work.

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