Add language about bit-fields #743
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I'm not sure this is the right way to spec bit-fields. Bit-fields aren't really a type, and there aren't really conversions in and out of bitfields the way other conversions occur.
The only parts of the conversion chapter that probably need to talk about bit-fields is the integral conversions and promotions because they may be restricted based on whether or not the value fits into the bit-field's size.
I think the main language we need around bitfields is how they're represented in aggregate initialization and inside classes (although none of the classes chapter has been written yet).
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Add language about conversions to and from bit-fields.