> Octal becomes convenient whenever you have a bunch of 3-bit fields. Only when the bit offsets of the fields are multiples of 3 (for example a 3-bit field doe

> Octal becomes convenient whenever you have a bunch of 3-bit fields. Only when the bit offsets of the fields are multiples of 3 (for example a 3-bit field does not go from bit 1 to 4).