Parsing Binary Structures; Is there a better way / What is your way?

[Martin P. Hellwig]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hellwig at dcuktec.org> writes:
>> what I usually do is read the packet in binary mode, convert the
>> output to a concatenated 'binary string'(i.e. '0101011000110') and
> 
> Something wrong with reading the data words as an integer and using
> old fashioned shifts and masks to get at the bit fields?

No not at all of course, I just found it more readable to slice it 
instead of shifting and masking; i.e. if the ASCII art schematics of the 
protocol are included as a comment it is almost an 1 to 1  implementation.

Is there an advantage using shifts and masks over my kitchen type solution?

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