On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Sean H. Breheny wrote:

> 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.

All PIC C compilers I have seen have it.  CCS defines short as 1 bit,
int/char as 8 bits, long as 16 bits - you can of course change these.  I
would go out on a limb and say a bit variable type would be almost a
requirement for PICs - I can't waste a byte of RAM on a boolean.

Dale

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