Jonas Maebe schrieb: > > On 29 Jul 2009, at 18:47, Daniël Mantione wrote: > >> Op Wed, 29 Jul 2009, schreef Desmond Coertzen: >> >>> This is my first question / suggestion: With byte sized variables >>> being the >>> smallest accessible variable in the PC architecture, will we see a >>> language >>> extension to provide bit accessible variables for the micro controllers? >> >> Do you mean bitpacking? >> >> type nibbles=bitpacked record >> low_nibble=0..15; >> high_nibble=0..15; >> end; > > This is not usable for accessing particular bits of microcontroller > registers, because the internal format of a bitpacked record is > undefined and can change at any time for any reason.
Indeed, but do you think we should create a new syntax to map C bitpacked structures? Anyways, I'am using bitpacked arrays and records already in my embedded stuff _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
