in reply to Re^4: Huge data file and looping best practices
in thread Huge data file and looping best practices

YW.

I put your subroutines

It would really be nice to get to/fromBitstring() added to pack/unpack. Done in XS, they ought to be much quicker.

Personally I'd happily replace the existing 'b' & 'B' templates as I've never found a good use for them--but that'd never fly for "backward" people :) So, it's a case of deciding which of the remaining template chars would be most (or even vaguely) mnemonic.

They are e/E, g/G, k/K, m/M, o/O, r/R or t/T. And none of those really leap off the page at me as candidates?

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