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		asamy45 on Nov 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C puzzles The movslq instruction will sign extend the upper 32 bits.

mikeash on Nov 10, 2016 [–]

Right you are! Thanks. I tried to check, but didn't realize my test case had produced a zero bit in that position so didn't expose sign extension.

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