[Bug classpath/27888] Arrays.binarySearch broken for large arrays

[kaz at maczuka dot gcd dot org]

------- Comment #3 from kaz at maczuka dot gcd dot org  2006-06-07 00:10 -------
Although I am in favor of changing ">>" to ">>>", this fix reminds me of the
Y2K problem fixes.  This fix is valid while (low + hi) < 2^32, but what if (low
+ hi) >= 2^32?  Y2K problem fixes of changing the date format from yy to yyyy
is valid until the year 9999, but what if the year 10000 comes?  "mid = low +
((hi - low) >> 1)" would be a safer fix, but I will not insist that we should
do this way because the "what if" questions above are beyond my imagination.  


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27888