Bit-fields

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Dehnert <dehnert at baalbek.engr.sgi.com> writes:

    Jim> The standard allows the compiler to allocate an E to any size
    Jim> type that will hold it.  So if one wants to write such a
    Jim> class with a guarantee of the size of field 'e', the bitfield
    Jim> syntax is required. 

Good, thanks -- I think I understood that once before, but forgot.
Thanks for taking the time to explain it again! :-)

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