std.bitmanip improvements

[monarch_dodra]

On Thursday, 27 December 2012 at 10:16:51 UTC, Dmitry Olshansky 
wrote:
>
> IRC Era Scarecrow did an amazing job on it that covered a lot 
> of enhancements including small string optimization, appending, 
> slicing etc.
>
> I recall reviewing his code and it was a Phobos pull once but 
> then it pulled out (for further enhancement? dunno). So 
> definitely suggest you two to get in touch.
>

Last time I was in touch with him, he was getting increasingly 
frustrated trying to learn to use github. I *think* (but don't 
take my word for it), that he may have abandoned the pull after 
having too much trouble trying to rebase it.

In any case, I'll try to contact him directly and make him aware 
of this thread.