Extension to Samba IDL.

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:

> On Jun 17,  7:47am, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Extension to Samba IDL.
> > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
> >
> > > I want bitfields.
> >
> > i need bitfields.  i need to do switch (bit 1) case 0: action case 1:
> > actionother.
> >-- End of excerpt from Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> 
> All I need is the go-ahead on what I proposed.

don't wait for me, do it!!!! :)
 
> Some quick notes:
> 
> 1) When using bitfields, we will have to be careful with alignment.  A two
>    bit field with no following padding or alignment specified will shift the
>    rest of the packet.  By default, I think that we should force any
>    non-bitfield value to start on a byte boundary.

alternative: 
option autobitalign False  default is True.