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# Source Code for Module netaddr.util

     1  #!/usr/bin/env python
     2  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     3  #   Copyright (c) 2008-2009, David P. D. Moss. All rights reserved.
     4  #
     5  #   Released under the BSD license. See the LICENSE file for details.
     6  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     7  """utility functions"""
     8
     9 -def num_bits(n):
    10      """Minimum number of bits needed to represent a given unsigned integer."""
    11      n = abs(n)
    12      numbits = 0
    13      while n:
    14           numbits += 1
    15           n >>= 1
    16      return numbits
    17
    18  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    19 -def bytes_to_bits():
    20      """
    21      Generates a 256 element list of 8-bit binary digit strings. List index is
    22      equivalent to the bit string value.
    23      """
    24      lookup = []
    25      bits_per_byte = range(7, -1, -1)
    26      for num in range(256):
    27          bits = 8*[None]
    28          for i in bits_per_byte:
    29              bits[i] = '01'[num&1]
    30              num >>= 1
    31          lookup.append(''.join(bits))
    32      return lookup
    33
    34  BYTES_TO_BITS = bytes_to_bits()
    35