[PATCH] Python3 compatible tests and credentials module

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Thu, 2016-11-24 at 14:59 +0100, Lumir Balhar wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Because I have no response for two weeks on GitHub [0], I decided to 
> send my patches here. Which way is preferred, please?

Here is preferred.  There used to be a script the posted GitHub traffic
here, but clearly it is broken. 

I had started to look at your changes this week, but haven't got very
far yet.  

> The first part of this PR contains changes necessary to run tests
> with 
> Python 3. These changes should not have any impact on functionality
> with 
> Python 2.
> The second part ports the samba.credentials module to be Python 3 
> compatible, and also ports the credentials tests. The files
> py3compat.h 
> and compat.py will help us with porting and to make the future code
> more 
> readable. The py3compat.h file is the same as proposed by Petr
> Viktorin 
> and discussed in this thread: 
> https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2016-July/114998.html
> 
> I am submitting the two parts as one PR because, without at least
> one 
> module prepared for Python 3, it is impossible to try running tests
> with 
> Python 3.
> 
> [0] https://github.com/samba-team/samba/pull/68
> 
> Have a nice day.
> Lumír

Thank you so much for your patience and persistence.  If anyone else
here can help with the review, that would be most appreciated. 

Thanks,

Andrew Bartlett

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