Thread: Passing Bit Fields

Is there a way to return bit fields via class methods? ..Or even typedef them?...Or maybe even (void) pointers to them?

example:

Code:

 
class BitField
{
   typedef unsigned:28  Bytes7
   public:
   unsigned:28 getBits(){ return bits; }
   unsigned bits:28;
};

If nothing else, a native data type 28 bits or larger?