Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:03:30 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
X-Sender:	eliz AT is
To:	anarko <anarko AT flashback DOT net>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: what is wrong with this?
In-Reply-To:	<15708.990203@flashback.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.990203185620.21364D-100000@is>
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, anarko wrote:

> bittmp = tmp << 2;
> bittmp = ((tmp >> 7) << 7) | (bittmp >> 2);
> 
> without problems, but when i wrote it to:
> bittmp = ((tmp >> 7) << 7) | ((tmp << 2) >> 2);
> 
> it did no longer work (it returned 11111111 binary, as i inputted in
> it)

You forget that C promotes all integral data types to int's in an
expression.  In other words, ((tmp << 2) >> 2) is a no-op, since tmp is 
loaded into a 32-bit register, where the high two bits aren't shifted out 
by the innermost parentheses.  In the first example, the 2 high bits are 
chopped off when you store the result of (tmp << 2) into an 8-bit 
variable.

Btw, to reset bit 6, which is what you seem to want, you don't need to go 
to such great lengths.  All you need is this:

	bittmp = tmp & 0xCF;

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