[New-bugs-announce] [issue12880] ctypes: clearly document how structure bit fields are allocated

[Meador Inge]

New submission from Meador Inge <meadori at gmail.com>:

As issues like issue6069 and issue11920 allude to, figuring out how 'ctypes' allocates bit-fields is not very clear.  The documentation should be enhanced to flesh this out in more detail.  As an example, Microsoft documents the VC++ implementation in a reasonably clear manner ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ewwyfdbe(v=vs.71).aspx ).

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 143369
nosy: docs at python, meadori, terry.reedy, vladris
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: ctypes: clearly document how structure bit fields are allocated
type: feature request
versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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