[Python-Dev] n.numbits: method or property?

[Antoine Pitrou]

Greg Ewing <greg.ewing <at> canterbury.ac.nz> writes:
> 
> Terry Reedy wrote:
> 
> > Math is pretty much float, not int functions.
> 
> Also, it's supposed to be confining itself to
> wrapping the C math library.

Too late, because we now have a math.factorial() function.

As for numbits, I think it should be a method, because while it's very fast for
the current implementation of longs, it could be longer to calculate for a long
implementation using something other than a power-of-2 base.

Having it as a method may also be more consistent with a hypothetical popcount()
method.

Regards

Antoine.