XTCE11 — sizeInBits

sizeInBits is a an attribute in most of the parameterType elements and is an attribute that specifies the HOST SIDE storage length.

Further into the decode area there is another sizeInBits which is the "on the wire" size ...

Two questions really:

1 – Does it really make sense to specify host storage sizes for a parameter? It seems to me that this is not important for exchange as long as the host can HOLD parameter, it doesn't really matter how they do it... (they may not even hold parameters in a standard built-in type in their language but use some other construct)

2 – If the decision is made to keep it, would help to have a slight name change in one vs the other to help clarify its intended use?

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