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From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Initialized bitfileds - help me read
Keywords: bitfields, initialize
Message-ID: <13363@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 14 Mar 89 15:51:38 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady,NY
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Are there any *standard* caveats about bitfield initialization? I have
read dpANS 3.5.2.1 (bitfields) and 3.5.7 (initialization) without
finding any, but I had one of my students bring me a simple program
which fails on two compilers, and I want to be sure that I'm not missing
something before I tell him that both compilers are broken.

I have already added this to my personal list of things to avoid in a
program I have to port to a number of machines...

Mail or post depending on your perception of public interest, if you can
point out a section I've missed, feel free.
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me