Christoph Zwerschke wrote: > Anyway, in Python, you would first define: > > def wrap(x, at=1<<31): > if x < -at: > x += at*2 > elif x >= at: > x -= at*2 > return x > > Then, the Python program would be as simple: > > Distance = lambda t1,t0: wrap(t1-t0)
In Python 2.4 and later, you could write def Distance(t1, t0, maxint=(1<<32)-1): return (t1-t0) & maxint Like your code, this also extends to 24-bit integers or 64-bit integers. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
