On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 17:25:55 +0200 Philipp Klaus Krause <p...@spth.de> wrote:
> I wonder how useful arbitrary-width integers would be for SDCC users. > > _ExtInt(N) would be an N-bit integer type. > > E.e. one could have an unsigned 24-bit integer (in 3 bytes) via > > unsigned _ExtInt(24) i; > > or a 23-bit type (3 bytes in memory, 23 value bits and 1 padding bit): > > unsigned _ExtInt(23) i; > > If such a type is introduced, would you prefer this type to exempt from > integer promotion? How would they pack in arrays, and how would it differ fron bitfields ? Alan _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
