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Constants

all_set and all_clear are boolean constants with all bits set and all bits clear, respectively.

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Operators

= 4 byte real, integer, logical and character entities may be assigned to a boolean and vice versa. The assignment is a bit-wise copy.

+ and - are unary operators which treat boolean variables as signed integers

.set. and .clear. are binary operators requiring a left boolean and a right integer, which set or clear, respectively, the bit in the boolean indicated by the integer.

.isset. and .isclear. are binary logical operators requiring a left boolean and a right integer which are true if the bit indicated by the integer in the boolean is set or clear, respectively.

.and., .or. and .eor. are binary bitwise operators requiring two booleans and producing a boolean result. .not. is a unary bitwise operator.

.xor., .eqv. and .neqv. are binary bitwise operators requiring two booleans and producing a boolean result.

.eq., .ne., .gt., .ge., .le. and .lt. are binary logical operators requiring two booleans and producing a logical result. The comparisons take place as if the operands were signed integers.

+, -, * and / are binary operators which treat boolean variables as signed integers.

.hamd. is a binary operator which computes the Hamming distance between the two booleans and produces an integer result.

.shift. and .rotate. are binary linear and circular shift operators.

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Library

bool(), int(), real(), logical() and char() routines convert between boolean and other four byte types. No change in the underlying bit pattern occurs.

compl() returns the boolean compliment (reverses each bit) of its operand. csmg() provides the merging of two booleans based on a third.

leadz(), lastz(), popcnt() and poppar() return the integer leading zero count, last zero count, population count and population count parity, respectively. hamd() returns the integer Hamming distance.

mask(), maskl() and maskr() take integer operands and return masks of type boolean.

ishft() and ishftc() are the boolean equivalents of the standard integer intrinsics.

dshftl(), dshftr() and dshftc() are boolean double shifts.

ibset(), ibclr(), btest(), mvbits() and ibits() are the boolean equivalent of the integer intrinsics. bztest() returns true if the bit tested is clear rather than set.

not() reverses each bit of its boolean operand.

rev_endian() reverses the byte order of a boolean.

swap() exchanges two booleans.

bit_size() returns the bit size of its boolean operand.