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c++ - What happens when you bit shift beyond the end of a variable?

If you have some variable (on the stack) and you left or right bit shift beyond its end what happens?

i.e.

byte x = 1;
x >> N;

What if x is a pointer to memory cast to a byte and you do the same thing?

byte* x = obtain pointer from somewhere;
*x = 1;
*x >> N;
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It does not (necessarily) become zero. The behavior is undefined (C99 §6.5.7, "Bitwise shift operators"):

If the value of the right operand is negative or is greater than or equal to the width of the promoted left operand, the behavior is undefined.

(C++0x §5.8, "Shift operators"):

The behavior is undefined if the right operand is negative, or greater than or equal to the length in bits of the promoted left operand.

The storage of the value being shifted has no effect on any of this.


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