the bit[] type

[Emil Madsen]

Didn't knew about D.learn :) - I'll head over there, to ask questions alike
this one, instead of polluting here.
the bit type in D1, is just an alias for bool I take it, for backwards
compatibility`? - is it deprecated?

Yet again, thanks you :)

On 23 September 2010 00:32, bearophile <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote:

> Emil Madsen:
>
> > Okay I'm interresting in getting more infomation about the bit[] type;
> > - is it still implemented in D1? - and why was it removed?
> > - is it possible to get a link to the design considerations of removing
> it,
> > and such?
> > - any source of info, on the design phase about it, will be in my
> interrest
>
> D.learn is a better place to ask such questions.
> In D1 now the bit type exists just as an alias.
> I think it was removed because you can't get the address of a bit. D1
> Phobos has functions in std.intrinsic to manage bit arrays, and D2 Phobos
> has a module that implements a bit array and a way to build struct bit
> fields.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile
>


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// Yours sincerely
// Emil 'Skeen' Madsen
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