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From: bad@ora.de (Christoph Badura)
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.6
Message-ID: <E1LHpG.5K1@ora.de>
Organization: Verlag O'Reilly
References: <32986299.AC7@mail.esrin.esa.it> <casper.329abb76@mail.fwi.uva.nl> <x7917mx5gx.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> <slrn59q566.3s2.dave@pc-damir.srce.hr>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 19:20:04 GMT
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In <slrn59q566.3s2.dave@pc-damir.srce.hr> dave@pc-damir.srce.hr (Drazen Kacar) writes:
>How can I portably manipulate bits in pointers?

You can't.  Read the comp.lang.c FAQ for the gory details.

-- 
Christoph Badura

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