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Quote: define bit fields by endian convention, width, low and high bit; generate shifts and masks automatically

topics > all references > references p-r > QuoteRef: ramsN5_1997 , p. 501



Topic:
boolean values, binary numbers, and bit strings
Topic:
packed data

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The [New Jersey Machine-code] toolkit supports both little-endian and big-endian … The fields declaration binds field names to bit … shifts and masks needed to manipulate the value … ( width ) {field-name low-bit:high-bit} … [p. 502] Fields solve the problem of specifying binary … [order independent, specified length, overlap and gap detection].   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: bit fields are better than bit strings for binary representation: order independent, check for overlaps and gaps, specified length

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