------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2005-06-15 14:56 ------- (In reply to comment #4) > what about *arithmetic shift* instruction (e.g. SAR on ix86) ? Nope, try that with a negative number and you will notice that it will not work. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22072