BitVector A pure-Python memory-efficient packed representation for bit arrays This class presents a pure-Python memory efficient packed representation for bit arrays. Changes introduced in version 1.3: (1) One more constructor mode included: When initializing a new bit vector with an integer value, you can now also specify a size for the bit vector. The constructor zero-pads the bit vector from the left with zeros. (2) The BitVector class now supports 'if x in y' syntax to test if the bit pattern 'x' is contained in the bit pattern 'y'. (3) Improved syntax to conform to well-established Python idioms. (4) What used to be a comment before the beginning of each method definition is now a docstring. Changes introduced in version 1.2: (1) one more constructor mode: a bit vector can now be constructed directly from a bitstring; (2) rich comparison operators overloaded; (3) minimal length bit vectors constructed from int values; (4) methods provided for extending a bit vector from the left and from the right; (5) a unittest based testing framework incorporated in the package; (6) additional debugging in code and in package setup. Changes introduced in version 1.1.1: (1) peek feature incorporated in block reads from disk files; (2) it is now possible to construct zero-sized bit vectors. The class supports the following operators/methods: __getitem__ __setitem__ __len__ __getslice__ __str__ __iter__ __contains__ __int__ __add__ __eq__, __ne__, __lt__, __le__, __gt__, __ge__ '|' for bitwise or '&' for bitwise and '^' for bitwise xor '~' for bitwise inversion '<<' for circular shift to the left '>>' for circular shift to the right '+' for concatenation intValue(), __int__ for returning the integer value divide_into_two permute unpermute pad_from_left pad_from_right read_bits_from_file write_to_file read_bits_from_fileobject write_bits_to_fileobject http://RVL4.ecn.purdue.edu/~kak/dist/BitVector-1.3.tar.gz?download Avinash Kak 213cccecbaade86f6ca482f75cb1dfbfe21d98cb 1.3