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When dealing with Declares or interfacing to system or external APIs, one often has to manage data that uses single-bit flags held in a byte or Unsigned Integer. It would be very useful if one were able to define custom "bit field" datatypes, in similar fashion to how one can define and use structures. When defining such "Bitfields". Each BitField type would be given a unique named and set up with one of the following sizes: UInt8, UInt32, UInt32, UInt64 ( ie 1,2,4 and 8 bytes). One would be able to give each bit position in the bitfield a name or leave it blank. It would then be possible to view and display the flags by name dirctly in the debugger, similar to structures and enums. Structures, naturally should be able to containe Bitfield datatypes, since that is often where one finds such bit fields. Sign on here if you think this language feature would be desirable: http://www.realsoftware.com/feedback/viewreport.php?reportid=tyhmlemc _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
