<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ok, it is your standpoint. I don't share it. <div><br></div><div>Right now my problem is solved. If I encounter its variation again, I'l fix it for myself.</div><div><br></div><div>Excuse "C does it too" does not ring too Modulee for me :).</div><div><br></div><div>dd</div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 20, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Jay wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">As in C, if you need portability and predictability, just don't use bitfields. Use integer types of size 8, 16, 32, or possibly 64 bits, and do the appropriate shifting and masking, possibly endian-dependent.<br><br><br>Actually, to avoid endian and packing/alignment concerns, use only 8 bit integers and optionally pack/unpack into more convenient types.<br><br><br>- Jay (phone)</span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>