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Subject: Re: bitfields: how to cast (int) into a bit field?
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Date: Sun, 21-Dec-86 21:13:25 EST
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Summary: How to cast (int) into a bit field?

How does one cast an integer into, say, a 6-bit bit field in such a
manner that LINT won't complain "conversion may lose accuracy"?

How does one create a typedef for a bit field, such that one might use
it to perform the above cast?
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        -IAN!  (Ian! D. Allen)      University of Waterloo