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From: gessel@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Mark Gessel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: bit-fields
Summary: How do you use bit fields?
Keywords: bit fields
Message-ID: <MXSQKBG@cs.swarthmore.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 90 15:35:43 GMT
Organization: Swarthmore College, PA, USA
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I tried to use bit fields in structures, and those structures in other
structures. I got really strange errors, such as gdb didn't see a variable
declared, nor all the lines in a file (listing showed the line, asking for
a breakpoint near the end of the file reported there was no such line).

I used the bit fields with unsigned char's, since I wanted everything as small
as possible.

I would like any info I can get on properly using bit fields on the NeXT, since
as specified in K&R Ansi edition, everything is implementation dependent, and
that seems about all they tell you.

Thanks,

Dan
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