[Mono-bugs] [Bug 75708][Maj] Changed - Numerical shifting of large integers doesn't work

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Changed by rharinath at novell.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=75708

--- shadow/75708	2005-08-04 07:46:00.000000000 -0400
+++ shadow/75708.tmp.9863	2005-08-19 08:40:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 Bug#: 75708
 Product: Mono: Compilers
 Version: 1.1
 OS: All
 OS Details: Windows xp/x86, FreeBSD 5.4/x86
-Status: NEW   
-Resolution: 
+Status: RESOLVED   
+Resolution: NOTABUG
 Severity: Unknown
 Priority: Major
 Component: C#
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs at ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: mike at wege.net               
 QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
@@ -119,6 +119,36 @@
 
 Always. Using mcs or gmcs doesn't make a difference.
 
 Additional Information:
 
 Couldn't find the "Create a new attachment" link - sorry.
+
+------- Additional Comments From rharinath at novell.com  2005-08-19 08:40 -------
+According to the standard, the builtin left-shift overloads are:
+
+  int operator <<(int x, int count);
+  uint operator <<(uint x, int count);
+  long operator <<(long x, int count);
+  ulong operator <<(ulong x, int count);
+
+The byte and short shift operators use the coressponding 'int'
+variants.  So, they are red-herrings.
+
+Now, consider the int and long cases.  The standard specifies that
+(section 14.8):
+
+  For the predefined operators, the number of bits to shift is 
+  computed as follows:
+
+    * When the type of x is int or uint, the shift count is given by 
+      the low-order five bits of count. In other words, the shift 
+      count is computed from count & 0x1F.
+    * When the type of x is long or ulong, the shift count is given by
+      the low-order six bits of count. In other words, the shift count
+      is computed from count & 0x3F.
+
+  If the resulting shift count is zero, the shift operators simply 
+  return the value of x.
+
+Which all goes to show that the current behaviour is correct.
+


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