[issue19915] int.bit_at(n) - Accessing a single bit in O(1)
Tim Peters
report at bugs.python.org
Sat Dec 7 01:44:47 CET 2013
Tim Peters added the comment:
I'd rather see `i.bits_at(pos, width=1)`, to act like
(i >> pos) & ((1 << width) - 1)
That is, extract the `width` consecutive bits at positions 2**pos through 2**(pos + width - 1) inclusive.
Because Python ints maintain the illusion of having an infinite number of sign bits, I don't think negative `pos` (or `width`) can be assigned a sensible meaning. Python ints only have "one end".
And, yup, I've often wanted this too!
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