> Coding with an non-integer number of bits is counter-intuitive I've reinvented this very thing several times in the past. I don't see how it is in any way un

> Coding with an non-integer number of bits is counter-intuitive I've reinvented this very thing several times in the past. I don't see how it is in any way unnatural or unintuitive. You're simply numbering the members of a Cartesian product of some finite sets. The maximum number possible, if you start from number 1, is the product of the cardinalities of all of your sets. It's basically elementary school math, which is probably why I had no problems with coming up with this idea even in my dilettante past.