new bitwise module [was Re: Discussion: new operators ...]

[Paul Foley]

On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 08:02:59 +0200, Christian Tanzer wrote:

> But Python had bitwise operators for years (probably from day 1) and
> they are used in tons of code. Contrary to naive expectations, it is
> impossible to use a simple sed script to rewrite the existing code to
> use named functions instead of bitwise operators.

No it isn't; sed is Turing-complete...but surely it'd be better to
write such a script in Python.

[Oh, OK, I missed the "simple" on first reading...]

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