[Python-Dev] PEP: Adding data-type objects to Python

[Gareth McCaughan]

> > It might be better not to consider "bit" to be a
> > type at all, and come up with another way of indicating
> > that the size is in bits. Perhaps
> > 
> >     'i4'   # 4-byte signed int
> >     'i4b'  # 4-bit signed int
> >     'u4'   # 4-byte unsigned int
> >     'u4b'  # 4-bit unsigned int
> > 
> 
> I like this.  Very nice.  I think that's the right way to look at it.

I remark that 'ib4' and 'ub4' make for marginally easier
parsing and less danger of ambiguity.

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g