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Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really?

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"Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>                                  it really should be simpler to just
>count the zero bits in the underlying C code.
>
>Why can't we do that?

  You /can/ ask your chatbot to generate a C extension that does this
  and explain how to compile and call it from Python.

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( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-20 01:56 +0800
  Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-09-19 18:23 +0000
    Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-20 03:15 +0800
      Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-19 13:37 -0600
        Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-20 04:32 +0800
          Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-09-19 20:39 +0000
            Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-20 04:56 +0800
            myrkraverk.c (was: Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really?) "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-20 18:00 +0800
              Re: myrkraverk.c ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-09-20 12:25 +0000
                Re: myrkraverk.c "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-20 21:33 +0800
                Re: myrkraverk.c ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-09-20 13:48 +0000
                Re: myrkraverk.c "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-20 22:09 +0800
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                Re: jacobi_symbol.py Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-25 23:32 +0800
          Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-20 04:52 +0800
  Re: ( n & -n ).bit_length() - 1 ## Really? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-09-19 14:50 -0700

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