+2006-10-01 Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * tree.h (DECL_FIELD_OFFSET, DECL_FIELD_BIT_OFFSET): Fix
+ comments to reflect actual behavior and relationship between
+ DECL_FIELD_OFFSET, DECL_FIELD_BIT_OFFSET, and DECL_OFFSET_ALIGN.
+
+ * doc/c-tree.texi (Working with declarations): Fix documentation
+ of FIELD_DECL likewise.
+
2006-10-01 Ryan Mansfield <rmansfield@qnx.com>
PR c/20533
@item FIELD_DECL
These nodes represent non-static data members. The @code{DECL_SIZE} and
-@code{DECL_ALIGN} behave as for @code{VAR_DECL} nodes. The
-@code{DECL_FIELD_BITPOS} gives the first bit used for this field, as an
-@code{INTEGER_CST}. These values are indexed from zero, where zero
-indicates the first bit in the object.
-
-If @code{DECL_C_BIT_FIELD} holds, this field is a bit-field.
+@code{DECL_ALIGN} behave as for @code{VAR_DECL} nodes.
+The position of the field within the parent record is specified by a
+combination of three attributes. @code{DECL_FIELD_OFFSET} is the position,
+counting in bytes, of the @code{DECL_OFFSET_ALIGN}-bit sized word containing
+the bit of the field closest to the beginning of the structure.
+@code{DECL_FIELD_BIT_OFFSET} is the bit offset of the first bit of the field
+within this word; this may be nonzero even for fields that are not bit-fields,
+since @code{DECL_OFFSET_ALIGN} may be greater than the natural alignment
+of the field's type.
+
+If @code{DECL_C_BIT_FIELD} holds, this field is a bit-field. In a bit-field,
+@code{DECL_BIT_FIELD_TYPE} also contains the type that was originally
+specified for it, while DECL_TYPE may be a modified type with lesser precision,
+according to the size of the bit field.
@item NAMESPACE_DECL
@xref{Namespaces}.
};
/* In a FIELD_DECL, this is the field position, counting in bytes, of the
- byte containing the bit closest to the beginning of the structure. */
+ DECL_OFFSET_ALIGN-bit-sized word containing the bit closest to the beginning
+ of the structure. */
#define DECL_FIELD_OFFSET(NODE) (FIELD_DECL_CHECK (NODE)->field_decl.offset)
/* In a FIELD_DECL, this is the offset, in bits, of the first bit of the
- field from DECL_FIELD_OFFSET. */
+ field from DECL_FIELD_OFFSET. This field may be nonzero even for fields
+ that are not bit fields (since DECL_OFFSET_ALIGN may be larger than the
+ natural alignment of the field's type). */
#define DECL_FIELD_BIT_OFFSET(NODE) (FIELD_DECL_CHECK (NODE)->field_decl.bit_offset)
/* In a FIELD_DECL, this indicates whether the field was a bit-field and