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scott-griffiths / bitstring

A Python module to help you manage your bits
https://bitstring.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html
MIT License
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"Minified" version/s #219

Closed ChanceNCounter closed 3 years ago

ChanceNCounter commented 3 years ago

I'm probably weeks out, but it's my present intention to see if I can split the classes and reduce imports to the bare minimum, thereby creating an even smaller version of bitstring.

This is not due to any particular gripe; on the contrary, I use bitstring on a regular basis and I absolutely love it. Rather, I'm embarking on a perhaps futile quest to see how small I can make a wss stack and a particular binary protocol, so I mean to cut every last byte my deps can spare.

I'm bringing this up in case you'd prefer to own that repo and package that fork. For my purposes, it would just be a difficult-to-sync downstream for a particular project, and I'm not looking to take on any new repos, so I probably wouldn't publish or package it. However, others might find it useful.

scott-griffiths commented 3 years ago

Hi, glad you're finding bitstring useful. I suspect you could cut a great deal quite easily for any particular use case - probably fairly straightforward. I'm far too occupied to take on any new repos right now, but best of luck! Hopefully it won't be difficult to sync as even now you only need to distribute a single source file.

ChanceNCounter commented 3 years ago

Fair enough, and thanks again for a great module!