[cxx-abi-dev] Long bitfields in PODs

[Jason Merrill]

On Tue, 13 May 2003 13:11:45 -0700, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery.com> wrote:

> A type like:
>
>   struct S {
>     int i : 8192;
>   };
>
> is a POD.
>
> According to 2.4, that means that the underlying C layout rules for
> the system should be used.  Unfortunately, that kind of type is not
> valid in C.
>
> I believe that all types with bitfields wider than their declared
> types should be considered non-PODs for the purposes of layout.

I don't see why we need to consider it a non-POD.  It seems to me that if
there are no applicable C layout rules, then whatever we do vacuously
follows the rules.

Jason