Help with bit-field semantics in C and C++

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

David Carlton <david.carlton@sun.com> writes:

| Having said that, I'll shut up now; I think people know my opinion
| now, and I agree with Mark that, given the disagreement here, a DR
| would probably be an appropriate next step.  (And I would hope that
| people would take that step before implementing behavior that, say, I
| disagree with. :-) )

The issue is raised through message c++std-core-10625.

-- Gaby