Tim Peters added the comment: I'd rather see `i.bits_at(pos, width=1)`, to act like
(i >> pos) & ((1 << width) - 1) That is, extract the `width` consecutive bits at positions 2**pos through 2**(pos + width - 1) inclusive. Because Python ints maintain the illusion of having an infinite number of sign bits, I don't think negative `pos` (or `width`) can be assigned a sensible meaning. Python ints only have "one end". And, yup, I've often wanted this too! ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue19915> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
