[Note: Section A7.8 is on page 206.]
From: scampi@dev.null (Mathew Hendry) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Differences between K&R2 C and ISO/ANSI C Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 00:32:13 Message-ID: <19971122.62CFD0.A38@am088.du.pipex.com> I was under the impression that K&R2 was based directly on the ANSI/ISO Standard, but apparently not. K&R2, §A7.8, Shift Operators: > [...] > > The _result_ is undefined if the right operand is negative, or greater than > or equal to the number of bits in the left expression's type. > > [...] ANSI/ISO 9899-1990, §6.3.7, Bitwise shift operators: > [...] > > If the value of the right operand is negative or is greater than or equal to > the width in bits of the promoted left operand, the _behaviour_ is > undefined. > > [...] (my emphasis in both cases) Why the discrepancy, and are there any more? -- Mathew Hendry (actually at dial.pipex.com, not dev.null) --