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diff --git a/Lib/cmpcache.py b/Lib/cmpcache.py
index 5446e66..93332b7 100644
--- a/Lib/cmpcache.py
+++ b/Lib/cmpcache.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-# Module 'cmpcache'
-#
-# Efficiently compare files, boolean outcome only (equal / not equal).
-#
-# Tricks (used in this order):
-# - Use the statcache module to avoid statting files more than once
-# - Files with identical type, size & mtime are assumed to be clones
-# - Files with different type or size cannot be identical
-# - We keep a cache of outcomes of earlier comparisons
-# - We don't fork a process to run 'cmp' but read the files ourselves
+"""Efficiently compare files, boolean outcome only (equal / not equal).
+
+Tricks (used in this order):
+ - Use the statcache module to avoid statting files more than once
+ - Files with identical type, size & mtime are assumed to be clones
+ - Files with different type or size cannot be identical
+ - We keep a cache of outcomes of earlier comparisons
+ - We don't fork a process to run 'cmp' but read the files ourselves
+"""
import os
from stat import *
@@ -19,50 +18,47 @@ import statcache
cache = {}
-# Compare two files, use the cache if possible.
-# May raise os.error if a stat or open of either fails.
-#
def cmp(f1, f2, shallow=1):
- # Return 1 for identical files, 0 for different.
- # Raise exceptions if either file could not be statted, read, etc.
- s1, s2 = sig(statcache.stat(f1)), sig(statcache.stat(f2))
- if not S_ISREG(s1[0]) or not S_ISREG(s2[0]):
- # Either is a not a plain file -- always report as different
- return 0
- if shallow and s1 == s2:
- # type, size & mtime match -- report same
- return 1
- if s1[:2] <> s2[:2]: # Types or sizes differ, don't bother
- # types or sizes differ -- report different
- return 0
- # same type and size -- look in the cache
- key = f1 + ' ' + f2
- if cache.has_key(key):
- cs1, cs2, outcome = cache[key]
- # cache hit
- if s1 == cs1 and s2 == cs2:
- # cached signatures match
- return outcome
- # stale cached signature(s)
- # really compare
- outcome = do_cmp(f1, f2)
- cache[key] = s1, s2, outcome
- return outcome
+ """Compare two files, use the cache if possible.
+ May raise os.error if a stat or open of either fails.
+ Return 1 for identical files, 0 for different.
+ Raise exceptions if either file could not be statted, read, etc."""
+ s1, s2 = sig(statcache.stat(f1)), sig(statcache.stat(f2))
+ if not S_ISREG(s1[0]) or not S_ISREG(s2[0]):
+ # Either is a not a plain file -- always report as different
+ return 0
+ if shallow and s1 == s2:
+ # type, size & mtime match -- report same
+ return 1
+ if s1[:2] <> s2[:2]: # Types or sizes differ, don't bother
+ # types or sizes differ -- report different
+ return 0
+ # same type and size -- look in the cache
+ key = f1 + ' ' + f2
+ if cache.has_key(key):
+ cs1, cs2, outcome = cache[key]
+ # cache hit
+ if s1 == cs1 and s2 == cs2:
+ # cached signatures match
+ return outcome
+ # stale cached signature(s)
+ # really compare
+ outcome = do_cmp(f1, f2)
+ cache[key] = s1, s2, outcome
+ return outcome
-# Return signature (i.e., type, size, mtime) from raw stat data.
-#
def sig(st):
- return S_IFMT(st[ST_MODE]), st[ST_SIZE], st[ST_MTIME]
+ """Return signature (i.e., type, size, mtime) from raw stat data."""
+ return S_IFMT(st[ST_MODE]), st[ST_SIZE], st[ST_MTIME]
-# Compare two files, really.
-#
def do_cmp(f1, f2):
- #print ' cmp', f1, f2 # XXX remove when debugged
- bufsize = 8*1024 # Could be tuned
- fp1 = open(f1, 'rb')
- fp2 = open(f2, 'rb')
- while 1:
- b1 = fp1.read(bufsize)
- b2 = fp2.read(bufsize)
- if b1 <> b2: return 0
- if not b1: return 1
+ """Compare two files, really."""
+ #print ' cmp', f1, f2 # XXX remove when debugged
+ bufsize = 8*1024 # Could be tuned
+ fp1 = open(f1, 'rb')
+ fp2 = open(f2, 'rb')
+ while 1:
+ b1 = fp1.read(bufsize)
+ b2 = fp2.read(bufsize)
+ if b1 <> b2: return 0
+ if not b1: return 1