CFFI

defbitfield syntax

Bug #622270 reported by Luís Oliveira
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Bug Description

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Bart Botta <email address hidden> wrote:
> A few weeks ago on #lisp I suggested extending the defbitfield syntax
> to allow defining elements in terms of preceding elements in the
> bitfield (see http://paste.lisp.org/display/87065 for a sample usage
> and implementation).

Needs: review, documentation, tests.

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Attila Lendvai (attila-lendvai) wrote :

didn't this issue get obsolete meanwhile?

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Attila Lendvai (attila-lendvai) wrote :

also note:

;; TODO bitfield is a confusing name, because the C standard calls
;; the "int foo : 3" type as a bitfield. Maybe rename to defbitmask?

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Stelian Ionescu (sionescu) wrote :

I agree that it's a misname and that, for consistency with C nomenclature, we should rename it. DEFBITMASK sound about right.

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