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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: Subtle Bugs, kudos Ada (was How Ada ...Red Code ...)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:49:16 +0200
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Joe Maun <reply_to@yahoo.com> writes:

> I fail to see your point. Why wouldn't the sign bit be shifted right in
> sign magnitude representation? The quote from the standard above seems
> clear - and it applies to a signed magnitude implementation as well.

What about this quote from the standard, then?

| 3.4.1
| [#1] implementation-defined behavior
| unspecified behavior where each implementation documents how
| the choice is made
|
| [#2] EXAMPLE  An example of implementation-defined  behavior
| is  the  propagation  of  the  high-order  bit when a signed
| integer is shifted right.