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Re: Help with bit-field semantics in C and C++
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- To: Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>
- Cc: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>, David Carlton <david dot carlton at sun dot com>, Roger Sayle <roger at eyesopen dot com>, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 25 Aug 2004 04:00:40 +0200
- Subject: Re: Help with bit-field semantics in C and C++
- Organization: Integrable Solutions
- References: <6C2EC8D4-F634-11D8-AF5A-003065BDF310@apple.com>
Mike Stump <mrs@apple.com> writes:
| On Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at 04:29 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
| > I disagree that the enum object would have value 7, as 7 is not an
| > enumeration (E) value.
|
| We are not claiming it would have the value 7, we are claiming that
| the compiler is free to use the value 7, if it wants.
Which precisely is the point under dispute. If it can't use the value
7, it is not free to use it.
-- Gaby