Bug 19466 (bitfield) - [meta-bug] bit-fields are non optimal
Summary: [meta-bug] bit-fields are non optimal
Status: NEW
Alias: bitfield
Product: gcc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: middle-end (show other bugs)
Version: 4.0.0
: P2 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Not yet assigned to anyone
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Keywords: meta-bug, missed-optimization
Depends on: 15596 20671 32648 42972 45274 48696 51428 55658 56924 66364 66391 68360 71509 80770 81161 83784 93042 94086 95097 96172 97588 99082 99919 101705 101708 103457 103967 106076 107601 109637 109992 110613 111743 113395 117148 118267 122470 123035 124453 124829 336 15256 15826 18008 18029 18030 18031 18038 18041 19331 22156 22563 45214 67731 97747 99918
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Reported: 2005-01-16 01:31 UTC by Drea Pinski
Modified: 2026-04-09 07:21 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last reconfirmed: 2007-07-01 00:19:47

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Description Drea Pinski 2005-01-16 01:31:47 UTC 
Just a place holder for referencing all of the missed-optimizations with bit-fields.
Comment 1 Drea Pinski 2005-01-16 01:36:06 UTC 
CCing kazu because he opened most of the bugs.

Confirmed.
Comment 2 Steven Bosscher 2006-04-27 19:10:13 UTC 
Patches addressing some of the issues:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2006-04/msg00969.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2006-04/msg01049.html

I'm linking them from here for reference.
Comment 3 Drea Pinski 2021-07-26 23:48:17 UTC 
Mine but I suspect this won't be until next year.
Comment 4 Drea Pinski 2024-07-30 22:33:00 UTC 
No longer working on bitfields optimization. Maybe in a few years I will be again but not today.