old_contents: #! /usr/bin/env python
  """Test script for the binhex C module
  
     Uses the mechanism of the python binhex module
     Roger E. Masse
  """
  import binhex
  import tempfile
  from test_support import verbose, TestSkipped
  
  def test():
  
      try:
          fname1 = tempfile.mktemp()
          fname2 = tempfile.mktemp()
          f = open(fname1, 'w')
      except:
          raise TestSkipped, "Cannot test binhex without a temp file"
  
      start = 'Jack is my hero'
      f.write(start)
      f.close()
  
      binhex.binhex(fname1, fname2)
      if verbose:
          print 'binhex'
  
      binhex.hexbin(fname2, fname1)
      if verbose:
          print 'hexbin'
  
      f = open(fname1, 'r')
      finish = f.readline()
  
      if start != finish:
          print 'Error: binhex != hexbin'
      elif verbose:
          print 'binhex == hexbin'
  
      try:
          import os
          os.unlink(fname1)
          os.unlink(fname2)
      except:
          pass
  test()
  
new_contents: #! /usr/bin/env python
  """Test script for the binhex C module
  
     Uses the mechanism of the python binhex module
     Roger E. Masse
  """
  import binhex
  import tempfile
  from test_support import verbose, TestSkipped
  
  def test():
  
      try:
          fname1 = tempfile.mktemp()
          fname2 = tempfile.mktemp()
          f = open(fname1, 'w')
      except:
          raise TestSkipped, "Cannot test binhex without a temp file"
  
      start = 'Jack is my hero'
      f.write(start)
      f.close()
  
      binhex.binhex(fname1, fname2)
      if verbose:
          print 'binhex'
  
      binhex.hexbin(fname2, fname1)
      if verbose:
          print 'hexbin'
  
      f = open(fname1, 'r')
      finish = f.readline()
      f.close()   # on Windows an open file cannot be unlinked
  
      if start != finish:
          print 'Error: binhex != hexbin'
      elif verbose:
          print 'binhex == hexbin'
  
      try:
          import os
          os.unlink(fname1)
          os.unlink(fname2)
      except:
          pass
  test()
  
subject: Stop creating an unbounded number of "Jack is my hero" files under Windows. Not that Jack doesn't deserve them, but saying it so often cheapens the sentiment.