Jeroen Demeyer <j.deme...@ugent.be> added the comment:
> I've noted before, e.g., that sticking to a prime eliminates a world of > regular bit patterns in the multiplier. Why do you think this? 0x1fffffffffffffff is prime :-) Having regular bit patterns and being prime are independent properties. To be clear: I don't have anything against picking a prime but we just shouldn't pretend that primes are important when they are not. That's all... ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue34751> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
