[DAFFODIL-334] Create arbitrary bit field extraction

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: s5
• Fix Version/s: s10
• Component/s: Back End
• Labels: BigEndian BigInt BitString Endianness LittleEndian Signed
• Assignee: Jessie Chab
• Reporter: Jeffrey C. Jacobs
• Due: 05/Oct/12
• Created: 04/Oct/12 12:31
• Updated: 06/May/13 19:53
• Resolved: 27/Nov/12 02:14

Description

Implement parser code that can handle any arbitrary alignment, arbitrary length bit pattern in either Big Endian or Little Endian format and return a BigInt for later trimming and sign-extending by a higher-level Primitives routine.

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