From d05a36676f095892dd2c9010c44ee42ebe232915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jude Melton-Houghton <jwmhjwmh@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:19:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make get_bit simpler again

---
 mesecons/util.lua | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mesecons/util.lua b/mesecons/util.lua
index 846c995..234775b 100644
--- a/mesecons/util.lua
+++ b/mesecons/util.lua
@@ -163,12 +163,9 @@ function mesecon.getbinstate(nodename, states)
 end
 
 function mesecon.get_bit(binary,bit)
+	bit = bit or 1
 	local len = binary:len()
-	if bit then
-		if bit > len then return false end
-	else
-		bit = 1
-	end
+	if bit > len then return false end
 	local c = len-(bit-1)
 	return binary:sub(c,c) == "1"
 end