Method SignAndMagnitudeToBiased

tests/gtest/gtest.h:6800–6808

Converts an integer from the sign-and-magnitude representation to the biased representation. More precisely, let N be 2 to the power of (kBitCount - 1), an integer x is represented by the unsigned number x + N. For instance, -N + 1 (the most negative number representable using sign-and-magnitude) is represented by 1; 0 is represented by N; and N - 1 (the biggest number representable using

  // Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed_number_representations
  // for more details on signed number representations.
  static Bits SignAndMagnitudeToBiased(const Bits &sam) {
    if (kSignBitMask & sam) {
      // sam represents a negative number.
      return ~sam + 1;
    } else {
      // sam represents a positive number.
      return kSignBitMask | sam;
    }
  }

  // Given two numbers in the sign-and-magnitude representation,
  // returns the distance between them as an unsigned number.