From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Infinite loop???
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:00:24 -0700
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Paul Shirley wrote:

> The >> operator is clearly defined. For signed operands it does an
> arithmetic shift, unsigned ops get a zero extending shift. If you see
> anything different its a compiler bug.

That's not what ANSI says.  With signed, negative operands, the behavior
is implementation-defined.

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