use record in bit syntax

[Carsten Schultz]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 03:04:16PM -0700, Stephen Han wrote:
> Why can't I use record in the bit syntax?
> 
> ex)
> 
> -record( date, { month, day } ).
> 
> test() ->
>     A = #date{month = 1, day = 20 },
>     << A#date.month/8, A#date.day/8 >>.
> 

It's << (A#date.month):8, (A#date.day):8>>.   

Greetings,

Carsten

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