Bit Operations

[J. Clifford Dyer]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 10:05:40PM +0100, Gianmaria Iaculo - NVENTA wrote regarding Re: Bit Operations:
> 
> Txs all,
> i wont to respond to who asked why i needed it:
> 
> I'm using python on GSM modules and the informations i have to move goes 
> along GPRS/UMTS connections so it's beatiful for me to transfer more 
> informations with less space...
> imagine i have to send this simple data....
> 
> 41.232323,12.345678
> 
> i can send it as it's or use the nibble trick and on the receiving station 
> 'unlift" the data and rebuild the original information...
> 
> isn'it???
> 

Um, no.  It isn't.  How exactly are you going to pack floating point numbers into a half a byte?

Or are you sending it as strings?  Also a waste of space, and unnecessarily complex.