How to get array of bits in a structure?

Question

I was pondering (and therefore am looking for a way to learn this, and not a better solution) if it is possible to get an array of bits in a structure.

Answer 1

NOT POSSIBLE - A construct like that IS NOT possible(here) - NOT POSSIBLE

One could try to do this, but the result will be that one bit is stored in one byte

#include 
#include 
using namespace std;

#pragma pack(push, 1)
struct Bit
{
    //one bit is stored in one BYTE
    uint8_t a_:1;
};
#pragma pack(pop, 1)
typedef Bit bit;

struct B
{
    bit bits[4];
};

int main()
{
    struct B b = {{0, 0, 1, 1}};
    for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
        cout << b.bits[i] <

output:

0 //bit[0] value
0 //bit[1] value
1 //bit[2] value
1 //bit[3] value
1 //sizeof(Bit), **one bit is stored in one byte!!!**
4 //sizeof(B), ** 4 bytes, each bit is stored in one BYTE**

In order to access individual bits from a byte here is an example (Please note that the layout of the bitfields is implementation dependent)

#include 
#include 
using namespace std;

#pragma pack(push, 1)
struct Byte
{
    Byte(uint8_t value):
        _value(value)
    {
    }
    union
    {
    uint8_t _value;
    struct {
        uint8_t _bit0:1;
        uint8_t _bit1:1;
        uint8_t _bit2:1;
        uint8_t _bit3:1;
        uint8_t _bit4:1;
        uint8_t _bit5:1;
        uint8_t _bit6:1;
        uint8_t _bit7:1;
        };
    };
};
#pragma pack(pop, 1)

int main()
{
    Byte myByte(8);
    cout << "Bit 0: " << (int)myByte._bit0 <