Hugues CASSE wrote:
> Is there a bug or is there a way to get the correct result...
>         # 0xffff0000 lsr 16;;
>         - : int = 32767
> while
>         # 0x0000ffff;;
>         - : int = 65535
ints are represented with 31 bits. This is sometimes suprising:

        Objective Caml version 2.01
# 0xffff0000;;
- : int = -65536
# 0x7fff0000;;
- : int = -65536

Consequently:
# 0xffff0000 = 0x7fff0000;;
- : bool = true

0xffff0000 ist not represented in ocaml as you expected

Reinhard
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