Left shifting with a negative shift count

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Negative integers on right-hand side is undefined behavior in the C language.

ISO 9899:2011 6.5.7 Bit-wise shift operators:

The integer promotions are performed on each of the operands. The type of the result is that of the promoted left operand. 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.

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