Re: What the heck?

From: George (greerga@CIRCLEMUD.ORG)
Date: 06/18/98


On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Quinn ShadowStalker wrote:

>ok, this is gonna seem like Im a total idiot, but I encontered like 50 of
>these in just 1 file, any ideas what they mean?
>
>left shift count >= width of type
>
>Ive also read through my C/C++ book to see if I could find anything on
>these before I asked, and alas no luck.

It means you're trying to set bit 33 in a 32 bit variable.  Or bit 50 in a
32 bit variable, etc.

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