Re: bitshift of int8, int16, etc?

[Daniel J Sebald]

Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>   template <class T2>
>   octave_int<T>& operator <<= (const T2& x)
>   {
>     ival = ival << x;
>     if (ival > std::numeric_limits<T>::max ())
>     ival &= std::numeric_limits<T>::max ();
>     else if (ival < std::numeric_limits<T>::min ())
>     ival |= std::numeric_limits<T>::min ();
>     return *this;
>   }
[snip]
> It all depends how behavior is defined.  I'm not 100% sure what 
> it should be defined as.

With that in mind, I should say that what I was attempting in the above is to 
simulate what would happen if your CPU were 8 bits wide.

Dan