Pink Floyd writes:
> Well, there was one limit on bitfields that I was not aware of that has
> helped me decide about changing to bitfields. They can not cross
> integer boundaries! That is, I can only have 32 fields in any bitfield
> structure. I thought it was unlimited, which would have been the
> overwhelming reason to switch to them. I guess I'll stick with bitvectors.
> Too bad, though, that could've been an excellent feature of bitfields.
Whoa. Bitfields not being able to cross integer boundaries means that
you can't have a single bitfield that contains more bits than an int. I
don't think that there is any intrinsic limit to the number of bitfields
you can have in a structure.
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