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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu
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Subject: Re: array of bits field
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Date: 13 Feb 90 22:58:40 GMT
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In article <1990Feb12.182517.10921@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu> ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) writes:
> Is there a way to define an array of bits field which are tightly packed?

I believe the only solution is to write out each bit separately. It
isn't too painful.

> struct {
>     int bits[16]:1;
> } bits;

You can't point to a bit, so you can't have an array of bits.

---Dan