linux-kernel - Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:32:57 +0000
From:	Pádraig Brady <P@...igBrady.com>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
CC:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>,
	Embedded Linux mailing list <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	austin-group-l@...ngroup.org
Subject: Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

Rob Landley wrote:
> Implementing something by hand isn't _always_ a good alternative, sure.  That 
> would be the "thinking about the problem" part.  In this instance, avoiding 
> overflow is trivial.  (If 1<<-1 didn't wrap around, it wouldn't even need the 
> if statement.)

I don't think this affects your script but it's worth noting
that both bash and ksh use arithmetic rather than logical shift
for the >> operator.

Now arithmetic shift is not useful on 2's compliment machines,
and moreover it's compiler dependent as to whether arithmetic
or logical shift is done for >>. Therefore to increase usefulness
and decrease ambiguity, shells really should only shift unsigned
variables internally.

I know the opengroup spec says to use signed ints, but I think
that is intended to disambiguate input and output, rather than defining
internal operations. This is correct I think since the POSIX spec says
you can even use floating point internally if you like.

I asked the bash maintainer who said he would need clarification
from the austin group (CC'd) before changing anything.

cheers,
Pádraig.
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