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DoofusOfDeath on May 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must Know

> I know the bitwise trick

Only if you make certain assumptions about how the integer is represented, I reckon.

projektfu on May 11, 2018 [–]

Indeed, a ones-complement negative number would not have this bit property.

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