Binary Sort on Python List __xor__

[Rhodri James]

On 31/05/2020 18:01, Evan Schalton wrote:
> I think you're arguing both sides of the argument -- numpy arrays do
> have a lot of similar, related operations (because numpy uses them
> internally -- since they're more efficient) which means they're not
> fringe.
> 
> I'm advocating that the built-in list class add the efficient,
> convenience methods -- especially since it wouldn't be overriding
> other methods, it would be leveraging standard methods that are
> currently unimplemented
> 

Those methods make perfect sense in the bit-twiddling lists that you are 
using.  They make no sense whatsoever for lists like ["The", "quick", 
"brown", "fox"].  There's a decent purpose for a class implementing the 
features you want, but I honestly don't think the generic list class is it.

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd