Re: [avr-gcc-list] efficiency of assigning bits

[Joerg Wunsch]

Douglas Dotson <address@hidden> wrote:

> My experience is that most anyone that has been
> programming in C for more than a few weeks can
> pretty much instantly look at a hex constant and
> see the bit pattern.

Still, the 0b thing has been a frequently requested item.

> Even though binary constants
> are supported in avr-gcc I don't use them for
> portability reasons.

I wouldn't use them personally (I merely wrote that patch once out of
curiosity to see how difficult it would be), I'd always prefer
symbolic names myself.

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J"org Wunsch                                           Unix support engineer
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