On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:06:12 GMT, Jie Fu <ji...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi all,
>> 
>> The Current Vector API doc for `LSHR` is
>> 
>> Produce a>>>(n&(ESIZE*8-1)). Integral only.
>> 
>> 
>> This is misleading which may lead to bugs for Java developers.
>> This is because for negative byte/short elements, the results computed by 
>> `LSHR` will be different from that of `>>>`.
>> For more details, please see 
>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/8276#issue-1206391831 .
>> 
>> After the patch, the doc for `LSHR` is
>> 
>> Produce zero-extended right shift of a by (n&(ESIZE*8-1)) bits. Integral 
>> only.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> Best regards,
>> Jie
>
> Jie Fu has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or 
> a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by 
> the merge/rebase. The pull request contains six additional commits since the 
> last revision:
> 
>  - Address review comments
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8284992
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8284992
>  - Address review comments
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8284992
>  - 8284992: Fix misleading Vector API doc for LSHR operator

It should be possible for you finalize now.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8291

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