Re: The result of 1 << 32

On 2005-10-30, Walter Roberson <roberson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't have my reference material here, but I seem to recall that
> constant calculations are supposed to be done "as if" they were
> done at run-time. Possibly that only applied to calculations in
> preprocessor expressions.

It does not apply to undefined behavior.

> If my recollection is correct, then even though the shift
> behaviour is undefined, would it not be required to be consistant?

There are no rules which apply to undefined behavior. Were this
unspecified or implementation-defined, that would be true.
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