I find "bit pattern would be 0000007b " To be confusing, bit pattern to me would refer to the actual bits, because they are intrinsically relevant eg as flag

I find "bit pattern would be 0000007b " To be confusing, bit pattern to me would refer to the actual bits, because they are intrinsically relevant eg as flags. But I'm not a clean slate, so I don't know. All I can say is I didn't have problems learning the 'usual' way.