Getting at the bits of a 32-bit integer

Grant Edwards grante at visi.com
Mon Aug 23 22:19:13 EDT 2004


On 2004-08-24, Jeremy Bowers <jerf at jerf.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:25:09 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> However, I must challenge your need to do this in the first place.
>> 
>> That's a bit, um, conceited.
>
> I said "challenge", not "deny".

True, but to me "challenging" somebody's need to do something
implies that you've got some sort of right or authority to
require them to justify what they want to do.  I've probably
inferred more than I should.  I'm a bit touchy on the subject
now that the Python "int" is going to go away and break some of
my admittedly sloppy code.

> If you're new to Python and you are twiddling bits, the odds
> favor the new user falsely importing old paradigms from other
> languages,

Probably so.

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