Actually, this will happen whenever the parameter n satisfies: 2**30 < n <=
Integer.MAX_VALUE
Ram
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Munagala Ramanath <r...@datatorrent.com>
wrote:
> In Netlet CircularBuffer constructor, we have an infinite loop if the
> first parameter (*n*)
> is *Integer.MAX_VALUE* because the loop counter left-shifts 1 till it
> drops into the sign
> bit at which point the value is negative and fails the loop exit test. The
> next left shift
> yields 0 which, of course, stays that way forever; here is the fragment:
>
> * int i = 1;*
> * while (i < n) {*
> * i <<= 1;*
> * }*
>
> Ram
>
