bit fields in C

[mjs at rabbit.UUCP]

Independent of what K&R says, real compilers may or may not adhere.  On
many compilers, the program below prints: "sbit: -1; ubit: 1".  Thus,
many real compilers do not compile C.
/*
** bits.c: determine signedness of signed and unsigned bit fields.
*/
struct	sbit
{
	int	sbit : 1;
};
struct	ubit
{
	unsigned ubit : 1;
};
main()
{
	struct	sbit	sbit;
	struct	ubit	ubit;
	sbit.sbit = 1;
	ubit.ubit = 1;
	printf("sbit: %d; ubit: %d\n", sbit.sbit, ubit.ubit);
	exit(0);
}
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	Marty Shannon
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