[Oberon] FPGA - ASR shift operator

[Jörg]

Hi Tomas
Sorry, I was wrong: no TRAP. ASR takes the lowest 5 bits of "n" and shifts right.
Jörg

> Am 01.05.2017 um 17:20 schrieb Jörg <joerg.straube at iaeth.ch>:
> 
> Tomas
> 
> I don’t know your code.
> But I can say: negative „n“ for ASR will generate a TRAP at runtime.
> Most probably the variable „n" is negative, so that „-n" turns positive :-)
> 
> br
> Jörg
>> Am 01.05.2017 um 16:52 schrieb Tomas Kral <thomas.kral at email.cz>:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Looking at shift operators (functions) on Oberon system code, I do not
>> understand why ASR(m, -n) takes a negative argument?
>> 
>> Tomas
>> 
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