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Re: Patch for locale/programs/3level.h

Paul Eggert writes:
> This expression assumes twos-complement arithmetic.

Two's complete arithmetic is de facto standard in C for decades.

> But it's clearer if you replace ~0 with -1;

-1 means a negative number. ~0 means a number with all bits set.

Bruno
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