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   snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Friday, 04-Jul-2025 23:36:40 JST snacks

   • twinspin
   @twinspin6 no, it's at least one bit
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Friday, 04-Jul-2025 23:40:16 JST snacks

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     @twinspin6 i don't think c even has a concept of data types whose size isn't byte aligned?
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     Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged) (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 00:05:00 JST Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged)

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     • bartholin
     @bartholin @snacks @twinspin6
     
     AFAIK there's no guarantees about it in any standard, but in practice yes.
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     bartholin (bartholin@fops.cloud)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 00:05:02 JST bartholin

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     • twinspin
     @snacks @twinspin6
     struct foo {
     int n1 : 4;
     int n2: 4;
     };
     
     gives you two fields of 4 bits in one byte, if I'm correct
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 00:08:04 JST snacks

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     • meeper
     @meeper @twinspin6 is a bitfield not byte aligned?
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     meeper (meeper@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 00:08:05 JST meeper

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     @snacks @twinspin6 bitfields?
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     meeper (meeper@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 00:09:00 JST meeper

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     • twinspin
     @snacks @twinspin6 yeah the bitfield itself is
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