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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> The C language clearly says that bitfields have implementation-defined 
> types.

Btw, this isn't even some "theoretical discussion". LOTS of compilers do 
unsigned bitfields. It may even be the majority. There may (or may not) be 
some correlation with what the default for "char" is, I haven't looked 
into it.

		Linus