I&#39;m using the Boost Unit Test Framework and have a struct with bitfields declared in it.<div><br></div><div>When I compile a unit test with code like this</div><div><br></div><div>  StructWithBitfields mystruct;</div><div>

  StructWithBitfields otherstruct;</div><div><br></div><div>  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(mystruct.bitfield, otherstruct.bitfield);</div><div><br></div><div>I get a compiler errors</div><div><br></div><div>error: non-const reference cannot bind to bit-field &#39;bitfield&#39;</div>

<div><div><br></div><div>referring to both arguments to the macro.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there a preferred way for comparing bitfield values via unit test macros?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Chris Cleeland
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