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Article #2795Harbison & Steele (was: Re: Bitfields in unions)
From: M. J. Saltzman
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 21:21
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 21:21
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In article <72969@brunix.UUCP> gvr@cs.brown.edu (George V. Reilly) writes: >In article <680@taumet.com> steve@taumet.com (Stephen Clamage) writes: >+ The ANSI C standard says explicitly that a union may contain a bitfield. > >Well, that's another thing that Harbison & Steele III have got wrong, >then. On p. 128, it says: > The syntax for defining components [in unions] is the same > as that used for structures, except that bit fields are > not permitted in unions. Sorry to bother you all, but does anyone have a list of errata for H&S? Is it really that bad? Are there any other good references (short of the standard itself) for day-to-day use? E-mail is fine, I don't want to take up more bandwidth than I already have. Thanks very much. Matthew Saltzman mjs@clemson.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!mjs From: mjs@hubcap.clemson.edu (M. J. Saltzman) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Harbison & Steele (was: Re: Bitfields in unions) Summary: Errata? Message-ID: <1991Apr23.212105.28138@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 23 Apr 91 21:21:05 GMT References: <carbide@dce.ie> <680@taumet.com> <72969@brunix.UUCP> Organization: Clemson University Lines: 21