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Re: gsubr.c: C << operator question.

At the risk of being just one of several people to answer...

>>>>> Karl M Hegbloom writes:

 KMH>  I'm still learning C as well as scheme.  Can someone help me
 KMH> understand this bit of code, please?

[...]

 KMH>  ... Why does it first << 8 and then right away do >> 8,
 KMH> recompute and compare like that?  How could the value change?

(x << 8) >> 8 == x with the top 8 bits cleared

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