“Bitfield Pitfalls”, Michal Necasek, OS/2 Museum (https://www.os2museum.com/wp/bitfield-pitfalls/).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47469945
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/xtue97/bitfield_pitfalls
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@bug a u2; or an s2, if it's signed.
A byte is a u8, a nibble 
is a u4.
A a dword is a u32 and a qword is a u64... and so on.
Simple, unambiguous, and it even tells you whether it's signed or unsigned... but it's not cute 
, I grant you.
I think it's unlikely to be confused with the high-altitude plane ✈️ or the rock band 
, given context 😁
रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)
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