Q58686: C 6.00 and QuickC 2.50 Offer Additional Support for Bitfields

Article: Q58686
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_quickc | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 19-APR-1990

Microsoft C Version 6.00 and QuickC Version 2.50 have improved support
for bitfields. To conform to the ANSI-draft standard, the following
capabilities were added for bitfields:

1. Bitfields can be signed as well as unsigned.

2. Bitfields are now allowed in union declarations.

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