Hi Andrew,

Is this specific to HiTech? I have never seen a "normal" C compiler which
had a bit variable type, and I thought that either the ANSI or K&R
standards did not call for such a type.

Sean

At 11:31 AM 12/3/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Re:
>
>>In Hitech C, is it possible to access the same variable as two
>>different types in C, specifically bits and bytes ?
>>For example I want some bit variables for various option flags, but
>>want to access them all as a single byte when saving/loading them to
>>eeprom.
>>
>>Can unions be used to do this ?
>
>
>Yes.
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