[erlang-questions] bit syntax: 0-sized segments

[Kostis Sagonas]

On 03/08/2013 08:58 AM, Ulf Wiger wrote:
>
> On 8 Mar 2013, at 08:38, Dan Gudmundsson wrote:
>
>> Another nice thing with 0 sized integers is when you add alignment
>> bits in protocols, in both
>> matching and creation.
>
> I make use of this in sext as well, in a number of places:
>
> encode_bin_elems(<<>>) ->
>      <<8>>;
> encode_bin_elems(B) ->
>      Pad = 8 - (size(B) rem 8),
>      <<  (<<  <<1:1, B1:8>>  ||<<B1>>  <= B>>)/bitstring, 0:Pad, 8>>.

I fail to see where this creates a 0-sized integer...

Kostis