From: antispam@fricas.org   
      
   Philipp Klaus Krause  wrote:   
   > Am 22.10.25 um 14:45 schrieb Thiago Adams:   
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   >> Is anyone using or planning to use this new C23 feature?   
   >> What could be the motivation?   
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   > Saving memory by using the smallest multiple-of-8 N that will do.   
      
   IIUC nothing in the standard says that it is smallest multiple-of-8.   
   Using gcc-15.1 on AMD-64 is get 'sizeof(_BitInt(22))' equal to 4,   
   while the number cound fit in 3 bytes.   
      
   > Also   
   > being able to use bit-fields wider than int.   
      
   For me main gain is reasonably standard syntax for integers bigger   
   that 64 bits.   
      
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