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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:11:54 -0400
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On 7/12/2013 10:22 AM, L O'Shea wrote:
> Hi all, I've been asked to take over a project from someone else and
> to extend the functionality of this. The project is written in Python
> which I haven't had any real experience with (although I do really
> like it) so I've spent the last week or two settling in, trying to
> get my head around Python and the way in which this code works.

If the functions are not documented in prose, is there a test suite that 
you can dive into?


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy