Re: Interfaces.Shift_Left

[awdorrin <awdorrin@gmail.com>]

I understand what you are saying and I do agree in theory.

The situation is that bit shifting is being used to retrieve data of
various bit lengths and positions from compound records.

For instance, retrieving a 6-bit signed value from a 32-bit field.

For the purposes of obtaining those 6 bits - sign is irrelevant, but
that 6 bit value is then sent back to a calling process as an 'Int32'
so I need the sign then.

Given more time and funding, I would replace this logic with something
that makes more sense, but a quick Unchecked_Conversion saves
rewriting 15,000+ lines of code. :)