bitstring is a pure Python module designed to help make the creation and
analysis of binary data as painless as possible. 

Installation
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To install run the setup.py script with the 'install' argument:

python setup.py install

This should put bitstring.py in your site-packages directory.
Alternatively just copy the bitstring.py file to where you want it!

If you're using Windows then there is an installer available from the
downloads tab on the project's homepage.

Unit Tests
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To run the unit tests:

python test_bitstring.py

The unit tests should all pass for Python 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6.

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The bitstring module has been released as open source under the MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2009 Scott Griffiths (scott@griffiths.name)

For more information see the project's homepage on Google Code:
http://python-bitstring.googlecode.com
