Subj : Re: bit field bug?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Andrue Cope <not.a.valid@email.address.sorry>
Date : Mon Nov 17 2003 05:14 pm

Jeff,

> The app uses bitfields in data structures
>

Arrrrrggghh!

Bitfields should be avoided as if they were the spawn of the Devil 
]:-)

The C++ standard has never bothered to specify how the bits are to 
stored. It is implementation specific. I can tell you now that 
different Borland compilers store them differently so trying to 
compile code from another vendor's compiler is really asking for 
trouble.

I would:

  1.Get rid of the bitfields.
  2.Give the developer who used them a bit of a kicking or at least a 
talking to.

--
Andrue Cope
[Bicester, UK]

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