Get rid of C limitation for shift count in right shift

serhiy-storchaka

BPO	29816
Nosy	@mdickinson, @vstinner, @serhiy-storchaka, @orenmn
PRs	bpo-29816: Shift operation now has less opportunity to raise OverflowError. #680 Remove outdated note about the constraning of the bit shift right operand. #1258
Files	patchDraft1.diff: a patch draft for reference only. also handles big positive ints long-shift-overflow-long-long.diff long-shift-overflow-divrem1.diff

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2017-03-30.07:00:24.059>
created_at = <Date 2017-03-15.08:55:17.278>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature', '3.7']
title = 'Get rid of C limitation for shift count in right shift'
updated_at = <Date 2017-04-22.18:50:11.618>
user = 'https://github.com/serhiy-storchaka'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2017-04-22.18:50:11.618>
actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
assignee = 'none'
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closed_date = <Date 2017-03-30.07:00:24.059>
closer = 'serhiy.storchaka'
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2017-03-15.08:55:17.278>
creator = 'serhiy.storchaka'
dependencies = []
files = ['46727', '46747', '46748']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 29816
keywords = ['patch']
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nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['mark.dickinson', 'vstinner', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'Oren Milman']
pr_nums = ['680', '1258']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue29816'
versions = ['Python 3.7']