https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98572
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
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Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED
Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE
--- Comment #3 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
>Integer types smaller than int are promoted when an operation is performed on
>them.
>From that same web page. (and is true for C standard too).
bit-fields have a different type than the original defined types (in GCC C),
they have a type which has the same number of bits as what you define it as
there for it is considered smaller than int and therefor is promoted to int.
See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88731#c2 .
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 88731 ***
