Add a note explaining that changing sign is a special case of losing

bits for the << operator.
2002-08-12 00:55:43 +00:00 · 2002-08-12 00:55:43 +00:00 · 315e7ee922
parent 5962f34a59
commit 315e7ee922
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--- a/pep-0237.txt
+++ b/pep-0237.txt
@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ Incompatibilities

    - Currently, x<<n can lose bits for short ints.  This will be
      changed to return a long int containing all the shifted-out
-      bits, if returning a short int would lose bits.
+      bits, if returning a short int would lose bits (where changing
+      sign is considered a special case of losing bits).

    - Currently, hex and oct literals for short ints may specify
      negative values; for example 0xffffffff == -1 on a 32-bit