On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:41:50 GMT, Jie Fu <ji...@openjdk.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Current Vector API doc for `LSHR` is > > Produce a>>>(n&(ESIZE*8-1)). Integral only. > > > This is misleading which may lead to bugs for Java developers. > This is because for negative byte/short elements, the results computed by > `LSHR` will be different from that of `>>>`. > For more details, please see > https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/8276#issue-1206391831 . > > After the patch, the doc for `LSHR` is > > Produce zero-extended right shift of a by (n&(ESIZE*8-1)) bits. Integral only. > > > Thanks. > Best regards, > Jie
This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: e54f26aa Author: Jie Fu <ji...@openjdk.org> URL: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/e54f26aa3d5d44264e052bc51d3d819a8da5d1e7 Stats: 4 lines in 1 file changed: 2 ins; 0 del; 2 mod 8284992: Fix misleading Vector API doc for LSHR operator Reviewed-by: psandoz ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8291
