Re: why did GMPY change the names of its functions?

2012-03-26 Thread Mensanator
On Mar 26, 1:33 pm, cas...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:59:56 PM UTC-7, Mensanator wrote: > > OK, GMPY is now called GMPY2. No big deal, I can import as GMPY. > > > But why were scan0 and scan1 changed to bit_scan0 and bit_scan1? > > > What's the justification for that? I use thos

Re: why did GMPY change the names of its functions?

2012-03-26 Thread casevh
On Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:59:56 PM UTC-7, Mensanator wrote: > OK, GMPY is now called GMPY2. No big deal, I can import as GMPY. > > But why were scan0 and scan1 changed to bit_scan0 and bit_scan1? > > What's the justification for that? I use those functions extensively > in my library of Collatz

Re: why did GMPY change the names of its functions?

2012-03-26 Thread Mensanator
On Mar 26, 10:39 am, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 3/26/2012 12:59 AM, Mensanator wrote: > > > OK, GMPY is now called GMPY2. No big deal, I can import as GMPY. > > > But why were scan0 and scan1 changed to bit_scan0 and bit_scan1? > > Guess: Either the functions changed or they want to regularize their

Re: why did GMPY change the names of its functions?

2012-03-26 Thread Terry Reedy
On 3/26/2012 12:59 AM, Mensanator wrote: OK, GMPY is now called GMPY2. No big deal, I can import as GMPY. But why were scan0 and scan1 changed to bit_scan0 and bit_scan1? Guess: Either the functions changed or they want to regularize their names. What's the justification for that? I use thos

Re: why did GMPY change the names of its functions?

2012-03-25 Thread alex23
On Mar 26, 2:59 pm, Mensanator wrote: > OK, GMPY is now called GMPY2. No big deal, I can import as GMPY. > But why were scan0 and scan1 changed to bit_scan0 and bit_scan1? Python is not gmpy. You might be better served asking the project maintainer(s). > What's the justification for that? I use

why did GMPY change the names of its functions?

2012-03-25 Thread Mensanator
OK, GMPY is now called GMPY2. No big deal, I can import as GMPY. But why were scan0 and scan1 changed to bit_scan0 and bit_scan1? What's the justification for that? I use those functions extensively in my library of Collatz utilities and I had to re-edit them for no obvious reason. -- http://ma