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On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:43 AM, Tim Chase
<python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2014-10-22 12:29, Peter Otten wrote:
>> That looks like log(a) while a parity check takes constant time:
>>
>> $ python3 -m timeit -s 'a = 10**10' 'a & 1'
>> 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.124 usec per loop
>> $ python3 -m timeit -s 'a = 10**100' 'a & 1'
>> 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.124 usec per loop
>> $ python3 -m timeit -s 'a = 10**1000' 'a & 1'
>> 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.122 usec per loop
>
> Just for the record, this is a one-bit even/odd check

Which is just a verbose way of writing "parity check", even if that
phrase is usually used in another context.

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(-1)**1000 "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2014-10-22 10:27 +0200
  Re: (-1)**1000 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-22 19:54 +1100
    Re: (-1)**1000 "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2014-10-22 11:27 +0200
      Re: (-1)**1000 Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-10-22 12:29 +0200
      Re: (-1)**1000 Michiel Overtoom <motoom@xs4all.nl> - 2014-10-22 12:38 +0200
      Re: (-1)**1000 Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-10-22 05:43 -0500
      Re: (-1)**1000 Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-10-22 13:02 +0200
      Re: (-1)**1000 Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-22 08:23 -0600
      Re: (-1)**1000 Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-22 08:29 -0600
      Re: (-1)**1000 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-10-22 11:01 -0400
    Re: (-1)**1000 wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-10-22 04:35 -0700
  Re: (-1)**1000 Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-10-22 11:13 +0200
  Re: (-1)**1000 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-22 13:15 -0400
  Re: (-1)**1000 Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-10-24 13:57 -0400
  Re: (-1)**1000 Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2014-10-26 20:07 +0000
    Re: (-1)**1000 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-10-26 16:45 -0400
    Re: (-1)**1000 Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2014-10-29 20:31 +0100

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