On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > The C language clearly says that bitfields have implementation-defined > types.
Btw, this isn't even some "theoretical discussion". LOTS of compilers do unsigned bitfields. It may even be the majority. There may (or may not) be some correlation with what the default for "char" is, I haven't looked into it. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/