Zero-fill right shift operator

[wilbert]

Can we have a zero-fill right shift operator like JavaScript has ?

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>>   Sign-propagating right shift
>>>  Zero-fill right shift

It wouldn't break compatibility with current code and would be a huge benefit when converting code from other languages.

[Little John]

Yes, please!

[PureGuy]

+1

[Danilo]

Actually, that's just an unsigned shift and should already work with '>>' and unsigned .a + .u data types.

So the question is, do you need an unsigned shift operator like '>>>', or do you need
more unsigned data types (32bit and 64bit)?

[wilbert]

So the question is, do you need an unsigned shift operator like '>>>', or do you need
more unsigned data types (32bit and 64bit)?

Both can be good.

If you want to rotate the bits of a signed integer by OR-ing a shift left and a shift right, you will need a zero-fill right shift.
In this case the extra operator would be nice, even on signed types.

Of course the reason I asked has also to do with porting code that uses unsigned integers.
Additional unsigned types have been asked for many times before and have never been implemented.
Having at least a zero-fill right shift operator will help a lot to work around the limitation of not having those unsigned types and is maybe easier to implement.

[davido]

+1