Re: [ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (work1) now available

[David Given <dg@...>]

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On 18/01/10 14:40, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
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> Just a remind: at least we would be in good company, as ANSI C does not
> offer this operation too :)
> 
>   ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E)
>   6.5.7
>   The result of E1 >> E2 is E1 right-shifted E2 bit positions.  If E1
>   has an unsigned type or if E1 has a signed type and a nonnegative
>   value, the value of the result is the integral part of the quotient of
>   E1 / 2E2.  If E1 has a signed type and a negative value, the resulting
>   value is implementation-defined.

Luckily, one of C's many dirty little secrets is that
'implementation-defined behaviour' involves sign extension on pretty
much every compiler!

This is another example of why I think C's shifting behaviour is so mad.
Luckily, we don't have to repeat C's mistakes.

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