Pack and manipulate bit-level integers with Redis BITFIELD

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Documented steps

  1. Get a field: `BITFIELD mybits GET u8 0` (unsigned 8-bit at bit offset 0).
  2. Set a field returning its OLD value: `BITFIELD mybits SET u8 0 100`.
  3. Increment/decrement atomically: `BITFIELD mybits INCRBY u8 0 5` returns the new value.
  4. Array-style offsets: `BITFIELD mystring SET i8 #0 100 SET i8 #1 200` - `#N` multiplies offset by the encoding width.
  5. Control overflow with OVERFLOW: `BITFIELD mykey OVERFLOW SAT INCRBY u2 100 1` clamps; WRAP (default) wraps modulo; FAIL returns nil on overflow.
  6. Use for tight memory storage: many small counters in a single string (e.g. Reddit r/place canvas).

Known gotchas

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