> > a shift right ">>" works the way you intend if the number is
> > unsigned.. however, if you have a negative number, the shifting
> > works slightly different.
> >
> > -32 >> 1 should give you -16 right? and what does this tell
> > you just by looking at it? *the* SIGN bit is maintained, and
> > hence the MSB is not removed :>
>
> I don't think you can rely on the behavior of >> on signed integers in C.
you can rely on them, however it all depends on the implementation of
shr on the CPU you are intending to use. :P
az.
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