old_contents: #! /usr/bin/env python
  """Test the arraymodule.
     Roger E. Masse
  """
  import array
  from test_support import verbose, TESTFN, unlink
  
  def main():
  
      testtype('c', 'c')
  
      for type in (['b', 'h', 'i', 'l', 'f', 'd']):
  	testtype(type, 1)
  
      unlink(TESTFN)
  
  
  def testtype(type, example):
  
  	a = array.array(type)
  	a.append(example)
  	if verbose:
  	    print 40*'*'
  	    print 'array after append: ', a
  	a.typecode
  	a.itemsize
  	if a.typecode in ('i', 'b', 'h', 'l'):
  	    a.byteswap()
  
  	if a.typecode == 'c':
  	    f = open(TESTFN, "w")
  	    f.write("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\n")
  	    f.close()
  	    f = open(TESTFN, 'r')
  	    a.fromfile(f, 10)
  	    f.close()
  	    if verbose:
  		print 'char array with 10 bytes of TESTFN appended: ', a
  	    a.fromlist(['a', 'b', 'c'])
  	    if verbose:
  		print 'char array with list appended: ', a
  
  	a.insert(0, example)
  	if verbose:
  	    print 'array of %s after inserting another:' % a.typecode, a
  	f = open(TESTFN, 'w')
  	a.tofile(f)
  	f.close()
  	a.tolist()
  	a.tostring()
  	if verbose:
  	    print 'array of %s converted to a list: ' % a.typecode, a.tolist()
  	if verbose:
  	    print 'array of %s converted to a string: ' \
  	           % a.typecode, a.tostring()
  
  
  main()
  	
  
new_contents: #! /usr/bin/env python
  """Test the arraymodule.
     Roger E. Masse
  """
  import array
  from test_support import verbose, TESTFN, unlink
  
  def main():
  
      testtype('c', 'c')
  
      for type in (['b', 'h', 'i', 'l', 'f', 'd']):
  	testtype(type, 1)
  
      unlink(TESTFN)
  
  
  def testtype(type, example):
  
  	a = array.array(type)
  	a.append(example)
  	if verbose:
  	    print 40*'*'
  	    print 'array after append: ', a
  	a.typecode
  	a.itemsize
  	if a.typecode in ('i', 'b', 'h', 'l'):
  	    a.byteswap()
  
  	if a.typecode == 'c':
  	    f = open(TESTFN, "w")
  	    f.write("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\n")
  	    f.close()
  	    f = open(TESTFN, 'r')
  	    a.fromfile(f, 10)
  	    f.close()
  	    if verbose:
  		print 'char array with 10 bytes of TESTFN appended: ', a
  	    a.fromlist(['a', 'b', 'c'])
  	    if verbose:
  		print 'char array with list appended: ', a
  
  	a.insert(0, example)
  	if verbose:
  	    print 'array of %s after inserting another:' % a.typecode, a
  	f = open(TESTFN, 'w')
  	a.tofile(f)
  	f.close()
  	a.tolist()
  	a.tostring()
  	if verbose:
  	    print 'array of %s converted to a list: ' % a.typecode, a.tolist()
  	if verbose:
  	    print 'array of %s converted to a string: ' \
  	           % a.typecode, `a.tostring()`
  
  
  main()
  	
  
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