[issue2804] Integer right shift raises OverflowError when second operand is large

[Mark Dickinson]

New submission from Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com>:

In Python 2.6a3:

>>> 1 >> (2**31)  # unexpected exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
OverflowError: long int too large to convert to int
>>> 1 >> (2**31-1)  # works as expected
0L

It might make more sense for the first expression to return 0 instead.
Similarly, perhaps 0 << (2**31) should also return 0.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 66484
nosy: marketdickinson
severity: normal
status: open
title: Integer right shift raises OverflowError when second operand is large
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6, Python 3.0

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