On Nov 17, 9:38 pm, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Machin wrote:
> >http://theopensourcery.com/phplogic.htm
>
> > "In effect the bitwise operations [words "can be" omitted, I presume]"can
> > only be", more likely.
Yes, probably.
>
> > safely applied to integer variables - their effect on booleans,
> > float/double or string variables can be predicted but are not really
> > useful" ???sounds like we're in
>
> >>> v = float(4653896912)
> >>> from string import pack, unpack
from struct, more likely?
> >>> o = unpack("i", pack("d", v)[:4])[0]
> >>> (-o>>(13-3))|-2<<(32-13-1)
> -212992
>
> territory.
>
Sounds like you could be correct. However it's possible that you have
aided and abetted the OP to perpetrate a nonsense :-)
Cheers,
John
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