The General Form

The bit syntax uses the binary form (or #B(...) for construction) with segments that can be annotated:

(binary segment1 segment2 ... segmentN)

Each segment can be:

• A simple value: 42
• A value with size: (42 (size 16))
• A value with type: (42 integer)
• A value with size and type: (42 (size 16) integer)
• A value with various other qualifiers we’ll explore momentarily

The pattern is consistent: value first, then optional annotations. The annotations provide additional information about how to interpret or pack the bits for that segment.