Georg Wrede wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
"Can't live without bitfields! Give me bitfields and I'll lift the
Earth!"
"Here they are, std.bitmanip. Well-defined and more portable and
flexible than C's."
"Meh, don't like the definition syntax."
Now, now. There. Don't cry. ;-)
They might be an unglamorous part of D, and seldom used, but for the guy
who ends up needing bitfields, they're a godsend!
Like a can opener. You can live weeks without needing one, but when
you've got a can, it's not nice to open it with the kitchen knife.
Creating a can opener on your own is not as trivial as re-implementing
bitfields.
