bit shifting question

[Michael Hudson]

Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> writes:

> On 2004-05-17, Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> wrote:
> 
> >> My question is does python share java's peculiar mode of bit
> >> shifting, or does python adhere closer to c's bit shifting?
> >
> > The right shift in Python is arithmetic, i.e. preserves the
> > sign bit.
> 
> Which one is the sign bit?  IOW, how wide is a "word"?

Well, quite :-)  Perhaps I should have said "preserves sign".

Cheers,
mwh

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