Issues

• Bug: num_digits_fast() returns incorrect digit count for large integers

  bug
  TheAlgorithms/Python#15753 · Filter by author muhammad-abdallah opened on Nov 13, 2026

• Optimize the linting's rules with RUff and Zizmor

  enhancement
  TheAlgorithms/Python#15696 · Filter by author gabrielfanti2712-code opened on Nov 7, 2026
  1

• Add a workflow CI to validate the Devcontainer environment

  enhancement
  TheAlgorithms/Python#15695 · Filter by author gabrielfanti2712-code opened on Nov 7, 2026
  3

• binomial_distribution overflows at 171 trials even when the result is representable

  TheAlgorithms/Python#15656 · Filter by author dongyikuan919 opened on Oct 28, 2026
  3

• continued_fraction uses float division, producing invalid terms for large integers and raising OverflowError

  TheAlgorithms/Python#15655 · Filter by author dongyikuan919 opened on Oct 28, 2026
  2

• ciphers/base58.py is a copy of base64_cipher.py — no Base58 implementation exists in the file

  TheAlgorithms/Python#15637 · Filter by author rahul05ranjan opened on Oct 25, 2026
  1

• ciphers/base32.py and ciphers/base85.py encode Unicode code points instead of bytes: output diverges from the spec for non-ASCII, round-trips corrupt chars >= U+0400, arbitrary bytes crash

  TheAlgorithms/Python#15636 · Filter by author rahul05ranjan opened on Oct 24, 2026
  1

• hashes/adler32.py: checksum diverges from the Adler-32 spec for any non-ASCII input (sums Unicode code points instead of bytes)

  TheAlgorithms/Python#15635 · Filter by author rahul05ranjan opened on Oct 24, 2026

• ciphers/des_ecb.py: encrypt/decrypt silently corrupts any character above U+00FF (round-trip fails)

  TheAlgorithms/Python#15634 · Filter by author rahul05ranjan opened on Oct 24, 2026

• other/password.py: alternative_password_generator ignores the requested length when the required characters exceed it

  TheAlgorithms/Python#15633 · Filter by author rahul05ranjan opened on Oct 24, 2026
  1

• Optimize Node.has_loop to use constant auxiliary space instead of O(N) space

  enhancement
  TheAlgorithms/Python#15576 · Filter by author mohitjoshi-hey opened on Oct 14, 2026
  1

• Tracking: complete the ty gradual-typing baseline (un-ignore rules; PEP 723 blocker astral-sh/ty#691)

  hacktoberfesthelp wantedtracking issue
  TheAlgorithms/Python#15187 · Filter by author priya-sundaram-dev opened on Sep 4, 2026
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