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@serhiy, Mark certainly knows the proposed addition isn't _needed_ to pick apart 64-bit integers. It's an issue there of clarity, not O() behavior. For example, `i.bits_at(0, 52)` to get at a double's mantissa requires no thought at all to write or to read later; bit-level gibberish like
i & ~((~0) << 52)
or
i & ((1 << 52) - 1)
or ... is painful to write and to read. |
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2013-12-09 03:29:44 | tim.peters | set | recipients:
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2013-12-09 03:29:44 | tim.peters | set | messageid: <1386559784.81.0.342826722451.issue19915@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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