To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: fixed point math: NEED HELP QUICK!
Message-ID: <19970130.154510.4871.0.chambersb@juno.com>
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From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:43:24 EST


On Thu, 30 Jan 1997 05:06:14 -0500 (EST) mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
writes:
>On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
>
>You cant be GUARANTEED that the code generated will be the shifted
>version.  What if a different C compiler is used?  The only way to
>ensure that you get the shifts is to code it that way.  It may look
>obscure, but a comment will fix that up.
>
>other_stuff = stuff >> 8; /*  stuff * 8  */
This was the original problem - shifting the wrong direction. (I think
you just made typo, though :)
Anyways, I admit - I _assumed_.  I assumed that the code would be
compiled on djgpp.  That's a pretty safe assumption though, right??? 
("It's a pretty safe assumption that the street's clear, right?" SMACK!!!
:)

...Chambers