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From: fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com>
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Subject: what you can do with bitfields
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:39:43 +0100
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i use them but i never fully chcked what i can do with them
can i say define a structure that is 8 bit size define two
bitfields say high and low for high 4 bits and low four bits then do 
somethiong liek that

T a,b; //thuis struct mentioned
a.high = b.low;
a.low = b.high;

?