More consistency. [Bug 1117017]

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0760372..76e0127 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-10  Donal K. Fellows  <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk>
+
+	* doc/binary.n: Made the documentation of sign bit masking and
+	[binary scan] consistent. [Bug 1117017]
+
 2005-02-01  Don Porter  <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* generic/tclExecute.c (TclCompEvalObj): Removed stray statement
diff --git a/doc/binary.n b/doc/binary.n
index 582b562..d25e120 100644
--- a/doc/binary.n
+++ b/doc/binary.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\" 
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: binary.n,v 1.11.2.7 2004/10/27 14:23:41 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: binary.n,v 1.11.2.8 2005/02/10 10:28:21 dkf Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH binary n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ stored in \fBvar2\fR.  Note that the integers returned are signed, but
 they can be converted to unsigned 8-bit quantities using an expression
 like:
 .CS
-\fBexpr ( $num + 0x100 ) % 0x100\fR
+\fBexpr { $num & 0xff }\fR
 .CE
 .RE
 .IP \fBs\fR 5
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ stored in \fBvar2\fR.  Note that the integers returned are signed, but
 they can be converted to unsigned 16-bit quantities using an expression
 like:
 .CS
-\fBexpr ( $num + 0x10000 ) % 0x10000\fR
+\fBexpr { $num & 0xffff }\fR
 .CE
 .RE
 .IP \fBS\fR 5
@@ -521,8 +521,12 @@ example,
 \fBbinary scan \\x05\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x07\\x00\\x00\\x00\\xf0\\xff\\xff\\xff i2i* var1 var2\fR
 .CE
 will return \fB2\fR with \fB5 7\fR stored in \fBvar1\fR and \fB-16\fR
-stored in \fBvar2\fR.  Note that the integers returned are signed and
-cannot be represented by Tcl as unsigned values.
+stored in \fBvar2\fR.  Note that the integers returned are signed, but
+they can be converted to unsigned 32-bit quantities using an expression
+like:
+.CS
+\fBexpr { $num & 0xffffffff }\fR
+.CE
 .RE
 .IP \fBI\fR 5
 This form is the same as \fBI\fR except that the data is interpreted