}
}
else
- /* A long option. We use shifts instead of masking for extracting
- the user value in order to preserve the sign. */
- err =
- group_parse (&parser->groups[group_key - 1], &parser->state,
- (opt << GROUP_BITS) >> GROUP_BITS,
- parser->opt_data.optarg);
+ /* A long option. Preserve the sign in the user key, without
+ invoking undefined behavior. Assume two's complement. */
+ {
+ int user_key =
+ ((opt & (1 << (USER_BITS - 1))) ? ~USER_MASK : 0) | (opt & USER_MASK);
+ err =
+ group_parse (&parser->groups[group_key - 1], &parser->state,
+ user_key, parser->opt_data.optarg);
+ }
if (err == EBADKEY)
/* At least currently, an option not recognized is an error in the