Jul.18.2018 -- CAlive to introduce a bit rotate operators and assignment operators

[Rick C. Hodgin]

CAlive will introduce the ability to rotate the bits in a value using the <<< and >>> syntax for rotate right and left.  In addition, sub-bit portions within can be rotated using the more complex forms of <<start#length#Nn<< and >>start#length#Nn>>.

These forms are also extended to assignment operators using a trailing equal sign, as in <<<= and >>>=, as well as <<start#length<<= and >>start#length>>=.

    x <<<= 5;            // Rotate left 5 bits

    y >>>= 5;            // Rotate right 5 bits

    z = 3 + (x <<< 5);   // Use the left-rotated value of x 5 bits as an operator

    q = 9 - (x >>> 2);   // Use the right-rotated value of x 2 bits as an operator

    a <<7#4<<= 3;         // Rotate the second nibble left by 3 bits

    b >>7#2>>= 1;         // Rotate the upper 2 bits of the second nibble right by 1 bit

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Rick C. Hodgin