Strange behaviour of >> ?

Hi, the following is compiled in 9.3, glibc-2.3.4-23.4, and gcc-3.3.5-5. The result is: mask=0 mask1=4294967295 I would expect mask = mask1 = 0? Regards, Verdi =========================================================== #include int main() { unsigned int mask = (unsigned int) -1 >> 32; int i = 0; unsigned int mask1 = ((unsigned int) -1) >> (32 - i); printf("mask=%u mask1=%u\n", mask, mask1); return 0; } =========================================================== -- GMX DSL = Maximale Leistung zum minimalen Preis! 2000 MB nur 2,99, Flatrate ab 4,99 Euro/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl