Basically replicate the carry process in the form of bit ops: def inc(n): x = 1 while n & 1 == 1: n = n >> 1 x = x

Basically replicate the carry process in the form of bit ops: def inc(n): x = 1 while n & 1 == 1: n = n >> 1 x = x << 1 n = n | 1 while not x == 1: x = x >> 1 n = n << 1 return n