Write bits in file

[Scott David Daniels]

Monica Leko wrote:
> On May 18, 2:20 pm, Ken Starks <stra... at lampsacos.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> You want your file considered as a sequence of bits rather
>> than a sequence of 8-bit bytes, do you?
> Yes.
> 
>> is the 10-bit bit-pattern to be stored at an arbitrary bit-position in
>> the file
> Yes.  I need arbitrary, 8bits, than 10 bits for something else, than
> sequence of bytes, than 10 bits again, etc.

You should know there is no single "natural" mapping of files to bit
orders; rather there are several distinct natural such orders.  Define
the mapping you prefer and implement it.  This is even worse than the
"byte sex" issue (go ahead, look it up).

--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org