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Document number: N3990

Date: 2014-05-08

Adding standard circular shift operators for computer integers

by Daniel Gutson, Angel Bustamente

Excerpt:

C and C++ languages have the standard set of bitwise operations, including OR, AND, XOR, LEFT/RIGHT SHIFT, NOT. However, circular shift (left and right rotate) isn't included in the language.