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1?RCS: $Id: bitpbyte.U,v 3.0.1.1 1994/10/29 16:02:54 ram Exp $
2?RCS:
3?RCS: Copyright (c) 1991-1993, Raphael Manfredi
4?RCS:
5?RCS: You may redistribute only under the terms of the Artistic Licence,
6?RCS: as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.
7?RCS: You may reuse parts of this distribution only within the terms of
8?RCS: that same Artistic Licence; a copy of which may be found at the root
9?RCS: of the source tree for dist 3.0.
10?RCS:
11?RCS: $Log: bitpbyte.U,v $
12?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1 1994/10/29 16:02:54 ram
13?RCS: patch36: added ?F: line for metalint file checking
14?RCS:
15?RCS: Revision 3.0 1993/08/18 12:05:27 ram
16?RCS: Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
17?RCS:
18?MAKE:bitpbyte: cat rm Myread +cc +ccflags
19?MAKE: -pick add $@ %<
20?S:bitpbyte:
21?S: This variable contains the value of the BITS_PER_BYTE symbol, which
22?S: indicates to the C program how many bits there are in a byte.
23?S:.
24?C:BITS_PER_BYTE:
25?C: This symbol contains the number of bits in a byte, so that the C
26?C: preprocessor can make decisions based on it.
27?C:.
28?H:#define BITS_PER_BYTE $bitpbyte /**/
29?H:.
30?F:!try
31: check for length of byte
32echo " "
33case "$bitpbyte" in
34'')
35 echo "Checking to see how many bits there are in a byte..." >&4
36 $cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
37#include <stdio.h>
38?X: Standard C requires a macro CHAR_BIT in <limits.h>
39#ifdef __STDC__
40#include <limits.h>
41#ifndef CHAR_BIT
42#define CHAR_BIT 8
43#endif
44#ifndef BITSPERBYTE
45#define BITSPERBYTE CHAR_BIT
46#endif
47#else
48?X: On non standard C, try with <values.h>
49#include <values.h>
50#ifndef BITSPERBYTE
51#define BITSPERBYTE 8
52#endif
53#endif
54main()
55{
56 printf("%d\n", BITSPERBYTE);
57}
58EOCP
59 if $cc $ccflags try.c -o try >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
60 dflt=`./try`
61 else
62 dflt='8'
63 echo "(I can't seem to compile the test program. Guessing...)"
64 fi
65 ;;
66*)
67 dflt="$bitpbyte"
68 ;;
69esac
70rp="What is the length of a byte (in bits)?"
71. ./myread
72bitpbyte="$ans"
73$rm -f try.c try
74