[M3devel] Modula-3 bitfields

[Mika Nystrom]

=?utf-8?Q?Dragi=C5=A1a_Duri=C4=87?= writes:
...
>to me :). Like, I really started to like how high-level programs look =
>like, esp ones doing various low-level stuff :). I like to think =
>abstract, to write high-level, readable programs. Ones I don't have =
>problems maintaining for prolonged time intervals.
>
>  I don't need anything funny. I just need a way to represent, in a =
>readable manner, standard communication data structures. So I can =
>continue with my trade without C,
>
>>=20
>> Here's an example.  A PCI Express DLLP is 32 bits of payload followed =
>by
>> a 16-bit CRC.  Should I be able to write this as follows:
>>=20
>> DLLP =3D RECORD
>>  payload : BITS 32 FOR [0..16_ffffffff];
>>  crc     : BITS 16 FOR [0..16_ffff];
>> END;
>>=20
>> What then is the layout of=20
>>=20
>> ARRAY [0..1] OF DLLP;
>>=20
>
>Maybe you meant to write: ARRAY [0..1] OF BITS 48 FOR DLLP; ?

And what does that mean, exactly?  No gaps allowed?  What does it
mean, in particular, on a little-endian machine?

What about ARRAY [0..1] OF BITS 31 FOR [0..16_8fffffff] ?

What I am proposing isn't particularly difficult, it's not unportable,
either.  And much more powerful than any sets of pragmas.  Not tied to
your one architecture.

     Mika