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Q45555: QuickC 2.00 Debugger Does Not Display Bit Fields.

Article: Q45555
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 30-AUG-1989

The debugger in QuickC Version 2.00 does not display bit-field
structure members. An attempt to place a watch on a member of the
following structure

struct mystruct
   {
     unsigned level1: 4;      /* bits  0 - 3   */
     unsigned level2: 4;      /* bits  4 - 7   */
     unsigned level3: 4;      /* bits  8 - 11  */
     unsigned level4: 4;      /* bits 12 - 15  */
    } bitstruct;

results in the following message appearing in the debug window:

   bitstruct.level1: <Cannot display>

This is by design, and is expected behavior. QuickC Versions 1.00 and
1.01, however, do display bit-field structure elements, as does CodeView.

To workaround this to take the address of the structure, and then
watch the memory contents at that address.

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