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-rw-r--r--src/socket.cpp6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/socket.cpp b/src/socket.cpp
index c3f0a8d7a..0ad39701f 100644
--- a/src/socket.cpp
+++ b/src/socket.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ extern InspIRCd* ServerInstance;
extern ServerConfig* Config;
extern time_t TIME;
-/* Used when comparing CIDR masks for the modulus bits left over */
+/* Used when comparing CIDR masks for the modulus bits left over.
+ * A lot of ircd's seem to do this:
+ * ((-1) << (8 - (mask % 8)))
+ * But imho, it sucks in comparison to a nice neat lookup table.
+ */
const char inverted_bits[8] = { 0x00, /* 00000000 - 0 bits - never actually used */
0x80, /* 10000000 - 1 bits */
0xC0, /* 11000000 - 2 bits */