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0 pointsLoganDark3y ago0 comments

Java lacks a distinct uint type, but (since Java 8) allows you to perform unsigned operations on a regular int, effectively treating it as a uint.

It doesn't help that almost nobody knows this, though.

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At the point where you're writing `>>>` to, ironically, do proper arithmetic - you should probably write a correct version without a shift instead.

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0 pointsLoganDark3y ago0 comments

Java lacks a distinct uint type, but (since Java 8) allows you to perform unsigned operations on a regular int, effectively treating it as a uint.

It doesn't help that almost nobody knows this, though.

At the point where you're writing `>>>` to, ironically, do proper arithmetic - you should probably write a correct version without a shift instead.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse