Allow bitwise operations up to 16777215

ID:2374759
 
Jun 7 2018, 3:51 am
Resolved
Bitwise operations now work with 24 bits instead of 16.
Applies to:DM Language
Status: Resolved (512.1427)
This issue has been resolved.
Currently, bitwise operations return 0 when working with values above 65535 (equivalent to having the first 16 bits set to 1).

Integer precision for single-precision floats stops after 2**24 (16777216), therefore bitwise operations could be allowed until 16777215 (equivalent to having 24 bits set to 1)

This would give us 8 more flags to play with in variables treated as bitfields.
Jun 7 2018, 10:20 am
+1
Jun 7 2018, 2:50 pm
I'll add this to the List. It's way overdue. I used to be a lot more concerned about legacy code having an issue with this, but frankly I think that's highly unlikely.
Jun 9 2018, 12:48 am
Lummox JR resolved issue with message:
Bitwise operations now work with 24 bits instead of 16.