On Tuesday 12 November 2013 09:48:23 Michael Schnell wrote: > On 11/12/2013 08:33 AM, Martin Schreiber wrote: > > The C-like syntax > > " > > FIELDNAME ':' FIELDTYPE [':' BITSIZE] ';' > > " > > is accepted? > > Seems useful and nicely readable for me (of course I do have a strong C > background). > > > Is a record with BITSIZE automatically bitpacked? > > I gather this does make sense. > I am not sure. I don't like implicit things much.
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