.. _bitstring-ops:
-Bit-string Operations on Integer Types
+Bitwise Operations on Integer Types
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.. index::
triple: operations on; integer; types
- pair: bit-string; operations
+ pair: bitwise; operations
pair: shifting; operations
pair: masking; operations
operator: ^
operator: <<
operator: >>
-Plain and long integer types support additional operations that make sense only
-for bit-strings. Negative numbers are treated as their 2's complement value
-(for long integers, this assumes a sufficiently large number of bits that no
-overflow occurs during the operation).
+Bitwise operations only make sense only for integers. Negative numbers are
+treated as their 2's complement value (this assumes a sufficiently large number
+of bits that no overflow occurs during the operation).
The priorities of the binary bitwise operations are all lower than the numeric
operations and higher than the comparisons; the unary operation ``~`` has the
same priority as the other unary numeric operations (``+`` and ``-``).
+<<<<<<< local
This table lists the bit-string operations sorted in ascending priority:
+=======
+This table lists the bitwise operations sorted in ascending priority
+(operations in the same box have the same priority):
+>>>>>>> other
+------------+--------------------------------+----------+
| Operation | Result | Notes |