test script for the binascii C module.

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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+"""Test script for the binascii C module
+
+   Uses the mechanism of the python binhex module
+   Roger E. Masse
+"""
+import binhex
+import tempfile
+from test_support import verbose
+
+def test():
+
+    try:
+	fname1 = tempfile.mktemp()
+	fname2 = tempfile.mktemp()
+	f = open(fname1, 'w')
+    except:
+	raise ImportError, "Cannot test binascii 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 failed'
+    elif verbose:
+	print 'binhex == hexbin'
+
+test()