Bit object operates on Int

[eparent]

Is there a reason the Bit object was implemented to operate on Ints instead of Longs?

Dim val As Long : val = 0x3082000000L
Dim mask As Long : mask = 0x10F000F000L
Dim result As Long : result = Bit.AND(val, mask)
' val = 208,339,468,288
' mask = 72,746,070,016
' result = -2,147,483,648

It seems if these operations have to be methods or functions instead of operators then they should accept the largest integer type.

Thank you.

 

[Erel]

There isn't a very good reason. For performance reasons it is better not to cast each int to long. It is possible to create a simple library that works with longs instead of ints.

 

[eparent]

Thank you. I will read through the tutorials for making a library.

 

[masky]

Hello Eparent,

Could you solve this issue? I'm in the same case right now. Thanks.