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unnecessary bit shifting range limits

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Stefan Israelsson Tampe <stefan.itampe <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21883 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Zefram <zefram <at> fysh.org>
Subject: bug#21883: unnecessary bit shifting range limits
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:19:36 -0400

Stefan Israelsson Tampe <stefan.itampe <at> gmail.com> writes:
> how would this slow down the code. just add the correction where you
> throw the exception which should be in a branch outside the hot path.

If you have a suggestion that's simpler than what I did in commits
011aec7e, 9448a078, and 1990aa91, and just as fast in the common cases,
feel free to propose a patch.  The words above are insufficient.

      Mark

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