Chose your behaviour:

[0] Perl> $n = 2**32; print $n; print $n >>=1 for 1 .. 32;;
4294967296
2147483648
1073741824
536870912
268435456
134217728
67108864
33554432
16777216
8388608
4194304
2097152
1048576
524288
262144
131072
65536
32768
16384
8192
4096
2048
1024
512
256
128
64
32
16
8
4
2
1
[0] Perl> $n = -2**32; print $n; print $n >>=1 for 1 .. 32;;
-4294967296
9223372034707292160
4611686017353646080
2305843008676823040
1152921504338411520
576460752169205760
288230376084602880
144115188042301440
72057594021150720
36028797010575360
18014398505287680
9007199252643840
4503599626321920
2251799813160960
1125899906580480
562949953290240
281474976645120
140737488322560
70368744161280
35184372080640
17592186040320
8796093020160
4398046510080
2199023255040
1099511627520
549755813760
274877906880
137438953440
68719476720
34359738360
17179869180
8589934590
4294967295
[0] Perl> { use integer; $n = -2**32; print $n; print $n >>=1 for 1 ..
+ 32 };;
-4294967296
-2147483648
-1073741824
-536870912
-268435456
-134217728
-67108864
-33554432
-16777216
-8388608
-4194304
-2097152
-1048576
-524288
-262144
-131072
-65536
-32768
-16384
-8192
-4096
-2048
-1024
-512
-256
-128
-64
-32
-16
-8
-4
-2
-1
[0] Perl>

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in thread How to do 'unsigned shift right' in perl? by mattdeans

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