bitwise shifts gone?

[Jerry Jensen]

> On Jun 30, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>> On Jun 30, 2018, at 8:00 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>> Indeed. I'm not too upset about the loss of the bitshift operators other than the lack of backward compatibility, but I'm surprised by their demise. In terms of minimal use of microprocessor cycles I'd expect that the fastest would be
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>> a || (b << 8) || (c << 16) || (d << 32)
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> Yabut - I don’t know if LCScript understands integer numerics. Aren’t numbers always handled as floating point?

And I read about bitor in the 9.0.0 dictionary: the operands are treated as binary between 0 and a signed 32 bit integer (2^32 - 1) max. So bitor wouldn’t do unless it has grown up into the 64 bit world. 

Agreed that bitshift operators would be a desirable operator, not necessarily for this task.
.Jerry