I wrote:
> Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Paul Eggert wrote:
>>> I suspect it may not be the last word, with all
>>> these screwy compilers to test....).
>>
>> Indeed, IRIX 6.5 cc gives "warning: signed bitfield of length 1".
>>
>> Changing the verify_type__ macro like this makes it work without warning.
>>
>> # define verify_type__(R) \
>> struct { int verify_error_if_negative_size__ : (R) ? 2 : -1; }
>
> Or just make the bitfield use type `unsigned int'.
> Then people won't wonder why we used 2 instead of 1,
> and we won't have to worry about documenting it, either.
I checked this in:
2005-09-24 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* verify.h (verify_type__): Use `unsigned int' as the bitfield type
so we can once again use a positive bitfield width of 1 -- now we
don't have to explain why we were using a bitfield width of 2.
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