On 31.12.16 02:30, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
Are you saying that the best way of doing this is this?
(1) convert signed Python ints to unsigned;
(2) perform operation and bitmask;
(3) convert unsigned back to signed.
Here's an example. I want to multiply 7*3 using a signed 4-bit int, getting
5 as the answer, and 7*4 getting -4 as the answer:
py> N = 4
py> to_signed(N, to_unsigned(N, 7) * to_unsigned(N, 3) & (2**N - 1))
5
py> to_signed(N, to_unsigned(N, 7) * to_unsigned(N, 4) & (2**N - 1))
-4
Step 1 is not needed. And you can inline to_unsigned() in to_signed(). I
introduced it just for clearness.
py> to_signed(N, 7 * 3)
5
py> to_signed(N, 7 * 4)
-4
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