Numerics Was: bit shifting

sqrmax at cvtci.com.ar sqrmax at cvtci.com.ar
Thu Apr 16 11:41:00 UTC 1998


Hi.

>>>Zero is not a positive integer.  
>> 0 positive <alt-p> true
>Yes, the blue book got this wrong.  I am after the ANSI commitee to have 
this
>particular message removed from the draft.  I've seen several bugs due to
>this, and no advantages for keeping it.
>If you want a laugh, look at the X3J20 definition for this message.

Hmmm... it looks as if it should read:

"Answer true if the bit sign is off, otherwise answer false"

Andres.





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