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diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index bb25956..07647b3 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -914,6 +914,9 @@ the left or right by the number of bits given by the second argument. A right shift by *n* bits is defined as division by ``pow(2,n)``. A left shift by *n* bits is defined as multiplication with ``pow(2,n)``. +.. note:: In the current implementation, the right-hand operand is required + to be at most :attr:`sys.maxsize`. If the right-hand operand is larger than + :attr:`sys.maxsize` an :exc:`OverflowError` exception is raised. .. _bitwise: |