# Computes the edit/hamming distance of two sequences of bytes.
	#
	#     assert "this is a test".to_bytes.hamming_distance("wokka wokka!!!".bytes) == 37
	#     assert "this is a test".to_bytes.hamming_distance("this is a test".bytes) == 0
	#
	fun hamming_distance(other: SequenceRead[Int]): Int do
		var diff = 0
		for idx in self.length.times do
			var res_byte = self[idx] ^ other[idx]
			for bit in [0..8[ do
				if res_byte & 1 == 1 then diff += 1
				res_byte = res_byte >> 1
			end
		end
		return diff
	end