Reading a Bitstream

[Dietrich Epp]

On Nov 18, 2003, at 7:28 AM, Miki Tebeka wrote:

> Hello Dietrich,
>
>> Are there any good modules for reading a bitstream?  Specifically, I
>> have a string and I want to be able to get the next N bits as an
>> integer.  Right now I'm using struct.unpack and bit operations, it's a
>> bit kludgy but it gets the right results.
> Have you looked at 'array' and 'xdrlib.Upnacker'?

Both of those look like they're aligned to byte boundaries.  Am I 
mistaken?

The file I'm reading has fields ranging from 1 to 32 bits wide, and 
they are packed bit-to-bit.

I guess I'll write my own module.