Which coding style is better? public API or private method inside class definition

[Jacek Krysztofik]

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Sorry for OT, but this is actually a question of mine
>                 if numbers % 2 == 0:
wouldn't the following be faster?
>                 if numbers & 1 == 0:
JK
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