Re: [Zend Engine 2] Right/Left Shift Zero Fill operator

Good Idea Is there anyone out there who uses >> on negative numbers? There is the discussion on the engine2 list about whether to make >> an unsigned right shift, or to introduce a new operator >>>. Speak-up or potential loose your negative shift-ability : ) -Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrei Zmievski" <andrei@ispi.net> To: "Andi Gutmans" <andi@zend.com> Cc: "Jason T. Greene" <jason@inetgurus.net>; "Jason Greene" <jason@php.net>; <engine2@lists.zend.com> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [Zend Engine 2] Right/Left Shift Zero Fill operator > On Fri, 07 Sep 2001, Andi Gutmans wrote: > > I guess the reason for this is because some people in C use >> 1 to divide > > by 2. I don't think this has had its uses in PHP and I think we should > > change it to do an unsigned shift. > > Maybe you should ask on the php-dev list first.. if anyone uses it for > division. > > -Andrei > > "In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, > the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in > the long run, the easiest." > -Henry Miller, The Books in My Life