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A concrete starting point
Count differing bits between two equally long byte strings. Check empty input and opposite bytes, rejecting unequal lengths and non-byte-string inputs without modifying either side.
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Bytewise Hamming distance
A concrete starting point
def bit_distance(left, right):
if type(left) is not bytes or type(right) is not bytes:
raise ValueError("byte strings required")
if len(left) != len(right): raise ValueError("equal lengths required")
return sum((a ^ b).bit_count() for a, b in zip(left, right))The example is a starting point for a real project, not a claim that generated code is already tested. Adjust paths, dependencies and expected behavior to match your application.