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    Port FlatBuffers to Python. · 48dfc69e
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    Implement code generation and self-contained runtime library for Python.
    
    The test suite verifies:
      - Correctness of generated Python code by comparing output to that of
        the other language ports.
      - The exact bytes in the Builder buffer during many scenarios.
      - Vtable deduplication correctness.
      - Edge cases for table construction, via a fuzzer derived from the Go
        implementation.
      - All code is simultaneously valid in Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.4.
    
    The test suite includes benchmarks for:
      - Building 'gold' data.
      - Parsing 'gold' data.
      - Deduplicating vtables.
    
    All tests pass on this author's system for the following Python
    implementations:
      - CPython 2.6.7
      - CPython 2.7.8
      - CPython 3.4.2
      - PyPy 2.5.0 (CPython 2.7.8 compatible)
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