On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 4:03 PM, Peter Breuer <peter.t.breuer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > int main() { > signed int x = 0x80000005u; > unsigned int y = 0x00000002u; > signed int z = x >> y; > printf("0x%0x\n", z); > return 0; > } > % gcc -std=c99 test.c > test.c: In function 'main': > test.c:6:3: warning: implicit declaration of function 'printf' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] > printf("0x%0x\n", z); > ^ > test.c:6:3: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'printf' > > (I'll live with that warning - just for the purpose of a clean example!) > > % ./a.out > 0xe0000001 > ^ SIGNED right shift To quote ISO-IEC 9899:1999 draft (http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1256.pdf) Section 6.5.7 Paragraph 5: The result of E1 >> E2 is E1 right-shifted E2 bit positions. [...] If E1 has a signed type and a negative value, the resulting value is implementation-defined. End quote. So, getting what you got should not surprise you, should it? > PTB -- Best regards, Tadeus