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DynamicBitset Reimagined: A Quarter of Flexibility, Cleanup, and Modern C++

https://cppalliance.org/gennaro/2025/10/14/Gennaros2025Q3Update.html

Boost.DynamicBitset was modernized: configurable container, C++20 iterators, legacy code removed, constexpr functions added, tests expanded, and new ops like push_front, pop_front, find_first_off introduced, making it leaner and more maintainable.

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