constant bit-fields in struct

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Read-Only Author Rock nMoon Posted 3-Jun-2002 08:23 GMT Toolset C51	constant bit-fields in struct Rock nMoon Hi All,, How can i declare constant bit fields in a struct ?? struct mystruct{ unsigned char xx:6; unsigned char yy:2; }mystruct; Let us say i want mystruct.yy to be a constant 00, how can i do that ?? mystruct must be a 8-bit datatype. which of its two components xx and yy would be at MSB ?? If anyone can tell how to figure that out it would be great. Thankzz && Bye -Rocknmoon

Read-Only Author Mike Kleshov Posted 3-Jun-2002 12:47 GMT Toolset C51	RE: constant bit-fields in struct Mike Kleshov You declare constant structure members the same way you declare constant variables: struct mystruct { unsigned char xx:6; unsigned char const yy:2; } mystruct = { 3, 0 }; Note that you have to initialize mystruct because later the compiler will not let you modify the constant yy field. Of course you can cheat and use typecast to modify yy: (unsigned char)mystuct.yy = 1; But if you do that, what's the point in having a constant struct member? Which of the structure members are MSB or LSB you can find out by testing the code. Bit-fields are implementation specific. Here is one of possible tests: mystruct = { 0, 1 }; printf("LSB=%d", (1 & (char)&mystruct) + '0'); - Mike

Read-Only Author Rock nMoon Posted 3-Jun-2002 13:59 GMT Toolset C51	RE: constant bit-fields in struct Rock nMoon struct mystruct { unsigned char xx:6; unsigned char const yy:2; } mystruct = { 3, 0 }; Would this struct take up 1 byte of storage space or 2 bytes on a low end 8051 architecture ??

Read-Only Author Mike Kleshov Posted 3-Jun-2002 15:03 GMT Toolset C51	RE: constant bit-fields in struct Mike Kleshov Why ask if you can check yourself? I do C166, so I can't help you with that. Write a small program, run it in simulator, check sizeof(mystruct). It will take you 3 minutes. In the declaration of struct member the const qualifier doesn't mean it goes into ROM. A variable cannot be partly in ROM and partly in RAM. Regards, - Mike

Read-Only Author Andrew Neil Posted 4-Jun-2002 10:26 GMT Toolset C51	RE: constant bit-fields in struct Andrew Neil "Which of the structure members are MSB or LSB you can find out by testing the code." Or you can read the manual You might also want to check these articles: http://www.keil.com/support/docs/928.htm http://www.keil.com/support/docs/1279.htm And this thread: http://www.keil.com/forum/docs/thread1530.asp

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