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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: What type is yielded by bitwise & | ^
Message-ID: <14642@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 3 Dec 90 14:30:41 GMT
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In article <2881@lupine.NCD.COM> rfg@lupine.ncd.com (Ron Guilmette) writes:
>In the case of bitwise-and, bitwise-ior, and bitwise-xor however I can't
>see where the result type is defined.

The standard says that the usual arithmetic conversions are applied.
Section 3.2.1.5 explains what this means.