Initialized bitfileds - help me read

[Anthony Scian]

In article <1989Mar15.165019.21562 at utzoo.uucp> henry at utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <13363 at steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen at crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>>Are there any *standard* caveats about bitfield initialization? ...
>One:  many old compilers won't do it, or don't do it correctly.
What does the standard say about this? Is there a correct ANSI standard
method? I don't recall seeing anything in the standard detailing this.

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