On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:43:20 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: > In article <523127e2$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>, > Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote: > >> just 3 bits if you only cared about decimal digits. > > That's a neat trick. Well obviously it's compressed. :-) Sorry for the typo, I meant 4. -- Steven