[pypy-dev] module writing

[Florian Bauer]

>Anyway, I'm finishing up the struct module now, though I'll have to see if
>the java code has parts I should copy.  I still have to convert
>test_struct.py in the standard library to the pypy test format.  (I admit
>this test-driven development stuff takes getting used to.)
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Congratulations. You seem to work faster than me at the moment. I'm 
still stuck with finishing my thesis.
But I'll submit my binascii code before chrismas, I promise ;-)
I wouldn't convert test_struct.py to pypy test format. I would just copy 
this file over from CPython. For binascii I copied test_binascii.py, and 
wrote a second test suite with more tests. I guess it will be easier to 
sync pypy with CPython in the future if pure python files like test_*.py 
are the same for both implementations.

>I can't remember what state I left my binascii code in -- it sounded like
>one of the simpler ones to do, I understand ASCII even if psyco makes my
>head hurt :) -- and I stopped when I remembered all of a sudden that you
>had called it.
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>IIRC the uuencoding and hqx routines worked okay but the base64 routines
>weren't working and I couldn't quite see why.  I'll have a look on the
>weekend, and if it's true that four of the six work then I'll send it to
>you and maybe you can spot whatever's going on, or tell me that I'm going
>in completely the wrong direction.
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Sounds great to me. Send me your stuff, and I'll merge it with mine and 
then submit it.

Have a nice weekend,
Florian