why did GMPY change the names of its functions?

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/26/2012 12:59 AM, Mensanator wrote:
> OK, GMPY is now called GMPY2. No big deal, I can import as GMPY.
>
> But why were scan0 and scan1 changed to bit_scan0 and bit_scan1?

Guess: Either the functions changed or they want to regularize their names.

> What's the justification for that? I use those functions extensively
> in my library of Collatz utilities  and I had to re-edit them for no
> obvious reason.

If GMPY is coded in Python with a C? backup, GMPY.scan0 = GMPY.bit_scan0 
should work.

Or you could write a GMPY.py wrapper for GMPY2

from GMPY2 import *
scan0=bit_scan0
scan1=bit_scan1
<any other compatibility hacks>

and leave your user code alone.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy