Do you use bit fields? ( K&R p. 137-8 ) (YES!)
qwerty at drutx.UUCP
qwerty at drutx.UUCP
Thu Sep 20 23:53:38 AEST 1984
We have used bit fields in dealing with hardware interfaces that are mapped
into non-byte or non-word segments (ie. a couple of bits here, five bits
there kind of things). They have turned out to be very useful. I have
also used them as a form of compressed storage where I needed a lot of
true/false states - you can get 16/32 to a word. There can be significant
time wasted doing this if your underlying hardware does not support
bit testing/manipulation.
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