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commit ebff436985c9410d2a2759c69a277fcb30831a87 (tree)
parent 56265d6f9934f7321d2001c9d07ce82b0c9be126
Author: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
Date:   Tue,  5 May 2026 14:39:50 -0700

langref: fix incorrect description of `>>` operation

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doc/langref.html.in
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1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/langref.html.in b/doc/langref.html.in
@@ -1459,7 +1459,15 @@ a >>= b{#endsyntax#}</pre></td>
           </td>
           <td>
             <ul>
-              <li>Moves all bits to the right, inserting zeroes at the most-significant bit.</li>
+              <li>When LHS is unsigned, performs a <strong>logical
+              shift</strong>, moving all bits to the right, inserting zeroes at
+              the most-significant bit.</li>
+
+              <li>When LHS is signed, performs an <strong>arithmetic
+              shift</strong>, moving all bits to the right, inserting ones at
+              the most-significant bit if and only if the most significant bit
+              is one.</li>
+
               <li>{#syntax#}b{#endsyntax#} must be
                 {#link|comptime-known|comptime#} or have a type with log2 number
                 of bits as {#syntax#}a{#endsyntax#}.</li>