On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 at 18:05 -0700, Steve Underwood <copp...@users.sourcefo...:
> +<sect1 id="tips-and-tricks"> > + > +<listitem><para>When defining bit fields, try to use signed integers. This > produces more compact code > + that bit fields of unsigned integers.</para></listitem> I'd like to understand this suggestion a bit more, as if I want to store 0, 1, 2, or 3 in a bitfield, it seems like you are suggesting that I should use 3 bits instead of the expected 2 bits that would be required in an unsigned bit field. What can be done to make msp430-gcc to generate better code for the unsigned integer bit field also?
