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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
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Subject: Re: bitfields
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Date: Tue, 2-Dec-86 21:20:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  2 21:20:21 1986
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In article <844@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> wmam@sphinx.UUCP (tony mason) writes:
>
> As I read K&R arrays of bit fields are allowed, HOWEVER, in the 
> Microsoft C compiler Version 4.0, they explicitly state that they
> are not allowed.

K&R page 197, first paragraph, last sentence:

	In all implementations, there are no arrays of fields, and
	the address-of operator & may not be applied to them, so
	that there are no pointers to fields.

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