--- a/Integer.st	Tue Feb 18 14:36:18 2014 +0100
+++ b/Integer.st	Tue Feb 18 14:41:40 2014 +0100
@@ -2110,6 +2110,23 @@
     "
 !
 
+leftShift:shiftCount
+    "return the value of the receiver shifted left by shiftCount bits;
+     leftShift if shiftCount > 0; rightShift otherwise.
+
+     Notice: the result of bitShift: on negative receivers is not
+             defined in the language standard (since the implementation
+             is free to choose any internal representation for integers)
+             However, ST/X preserves the sign."
+
+    ^ self bitShift:shiftCount
+
+    "
+     16r100000000 leftShift:1
+     16r100000000 negated leftShift:1
+    "
+!
+
 lowBit
     "return the bitIndex of the lowest bit set. The returned bitIndex
      starts at 1 for the least significant bit.
@@ -5042,11 +5059,11 @@
 !Integer class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Integer.st,v 1.295 2014-02-14 16:23:00 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Integer.st,v 1.296 2014-02-18 13:41:40 cg Exp $'
 !
 
 version_CVS
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Integer.st,v 1.295 2014-02-14 16:23:00 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Integer.st,v 1.296 2014-02-18 13:41:40 cg Exp $'
 ! !