Jérôme M. Berger wrote: >> Your function reports 0b_111 for these set of values: >> >> min_a = 5; >> max_a = 6; >> min_b = 4; >> max_b = 4; >> >> But the maximum value of a|b is 6. >> > Yes, like I said with my code, it is conservative. It will give the > optimal result for over 99% of the cases but give a slightly higher > value for the rest.
Now I see my problem: I took Andrei's puzzle literally. The implication of _compiler_implementation_ was too subtle for me.
That's the reason why none of my "correctly inaccurate" solutions has been posted to this thread. :)
Ali
