Help with bit pattern

[Per Gustafsson]

It is not possible to use arithemetic expressions inside binary
patterns. You have to rewrite it like this:

<<NBits1:5,_:3,_/binary>> = X,
Pad = (NBits1 * 4) rem 8), %% or however Pad should be calculated
<<NBits1:5, Xmin:NBits/signed, Xmax:NBits/signed, Ymin:NBits/signed,
   Ymax:NBits/signed, _:Pad, FrameRate:16/little,
   FrameCount:16/little, _/binary>> = X.

This restriction might however disappear in the future.



Joel Reymont wrote:
> Actually, there's a bug in my padding calculation. And padding in  bits 
> is what I'm trying to calculate.
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> On Aug 24, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Joel Reymont wrote:
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>> Folks,
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>> What's the proper way to say this?
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>> <<NBits1:5, Xmin:NBits/signed, Xmax:NBits/signed, Ymin:NBits/ signed, 
>> Ymax:NBits/signed, _:((NBits1 * 4) rem 8), FrameRate:16/ little, 
>> FrameCount:16/little, _/binary>> = X.
>>
>> I'm getting ** 1: illegal bit size **
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