Zero-fill shift

[Gary D. Duzan]

In article <mailman.273.1083771861.25742.python-list at python.org>,
Daniel Orner  <cs993442 at cs.yorku.ca> wrote:
>
>
>	Great, this works. 8-) Unfortunately, I've run into another problem. In 
>the Java algorithm, two integers are added. This often results in an 
>overflow and a negative number, which is the desired result. However, I 
>can't seem to duplicate that in Python, as adding two integers that are 
>too large just results in a long (and using the int() method doesn't 
>work). I've tried various solutions, but haven't come up with something 
>that duplicates this behavior exactly.

   You could try scattering "(foo) % 2**32" around wherever there
could be an overflow.

					Gary Duzan
					BBN Technologies