[GHC] #1005: Add Logical Shift Operators

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#1005: Add Logical Shift Operators
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 Reporter:  rob at mits.coop   |          Owner:         
     Type:  proposal        |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:         
Component:  libraries/base  |        Version:  6.6    
 Severity:  normal          |     Resolution:         
 Keywords:                  |     Difficulty:  Unknown
 Testcase:                  |   Architecture:  Unknown
       Os:  Unknown         |  
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Comment (by ross):

 The [http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/haskell/ffi/ FFI Addendum] says:

     The function `shift` performs sign extension on signed number types;
 i.e., right shifts fill the top bits with 1 if the number is negative and
 with 0 otherwise.

 (This text was missing from Data.Bits)

 Isn't that reasonable?  That is, use `Word`''n'' to get logical shifts?

 (If you want to scrub this ticket, resolve it as `wontfix`)

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