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Article #2765Bitfields in unions
From: Eamonn McManus
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 11:29
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 11:29
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Can a union contain a bitfield? K&R2 obliquely implies no, while gcc -pedantic says yes. I'm inclined to believe K&R myself, though at least on machines without alignment constraints such a thing would seem reasonable. , Eamonn
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