@param b pointer to an alignment
@return pointer to quality string
*/
-#define bam1_qual(b) ((b)->data + (b)->core.n_cigar*4 + (b)->core.l_qname + ((b)->core.l_qseq + 1)/2)
+#define bam1_qual(b) ((b)->data + (b)->core.n_cigar*4 + (b)->core.l_qname + (((b)->core.l_qseq + 1)>>1))
/*! @function
@abstract Get a base on read