I'm not sure if this is often necessary, but sometimes it may be nice to have.
Actually, this is "logical right shift" operation (>> is "arithmetic right shift"). LSHR is a well recognizable name, used in assemblers. Use T_LSHR instead of T_SHRZF. Thanks. Dmitry. On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Leigh <lei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi list, > > How do we feel about a zero-fill right shift operator? > > PHPs current right shift operator preserves signage, but this is not > always desirable. > > I propose the same syntax as JavaScript for this: >>> > > php -r 'var_dump(-256 >> 8);' > int(-1) > > php -r 'var_dump(-256 >>> 8);' > int(16777215) > > This will introduce a T_SHRZF token and corresponding opcode. Targeting > PHP 7. > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
