Declartation in C

[ldries46]

I am not an experienced programmer
I am trying to understand a C program
so I wonder what does
guint printer_set : 1;
mean and where can I find an explanation.

I think this is a declaration but then I don´t understand the : 1

 

[Pavel Borzenkov]

I am not an experienced programmer
I am trying to understand a C program
so I wonder what does
guint printer_set : 1;
mean and where can I find an explanation.

I think this is a declaration but then I don?t understand the : 1

You can read about it here:
http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/chapter6/bitfields.html