module Data.Bits

[Simon Marlow]

> I have just been implementing the library module `Data.Bits' 
> for nhc98,
> as part of an effort to bring that compiler up-to-date with 
> the latest FFI spec.
> 
> The FFI spec says that the operations called 'shift' and 'rotate',
> shift and rotate their argument to the right.  However, the GHC
> implementation in CVS shifts and rotates to the left, and is 
> documented to do so.
> 
> Who is right?  FWIW, before I read any documentation I expected the
> undecorated forms to be rightward.

I think it's probably a mistake in the FFI addendum.  As far as I can
tell, the GHC/Hugs implementation of Bits has always worked the other
way around.

Cheers,
	Simon