etscrivner/bits_in_a_bool.py

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Figuring out how many bits are in a python bool. Researching a few approaches to implementing bit arrays in Python.

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	>>> (sys.getsizeof([False]2) - sys.getsizeof([True]1)) * 8
	64

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