From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad:tektronix!teklabs!ogcvax!rascal
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Lint bug with bit fields
Article-I.D.: ogcvax.265
Posted: Wed Mar 30 02:22:02 1983
Received: Thu Mar 31 04:19:18 1983

I'm getting a error from lint (4.1 BSD, 11/780) on:
	1:	struct packed {
	2:		long
	3:		index:  12,
	4:		offset: 20;
	5:	};
at line 3 and 4: illegal field type.  Of course, cc doesn't complain.
Everything works fine if I change the long to an int.

What's the scoop?  Is it fixed in System V?  Should I forget about
bit fields and define some macros?  (You see, I've made a deal with
my partners to make sure all my code is lint free.)  I need help!