[ILUG] gcc optimisation weirdness?

[Stephen Shirley]

On Wed, 10 May 2000, Paul Jakma wrote:

> 
> the : operator, right? don't remember exactly how it works, but something
> like:
> 
> struct foo {
> 	int var : 0;
> 	char bar : NULL;
> } foobar;
> 
> it used in a few places in the linux source.
> 

AFAIK the : operator limits
the number of bits the variable
can hold - 

int steve : 4;

steve can store an value up to 16 etc.

Steve