Python C API/ABI compatibility report

UPDATE: There is now an official thread on python-dev.

Upstream Tracker is an open source (GPL) tool that allows to track API/ABI changes between releases of C/C++ libraries. I asked Andrey Ponomarenko, who is the main maintainer of the project, to add Python to the list and here is the result:

http://upstream-tracker.org/versions/python.html

Hope you like it.

ANN: hexdump 2.0 - view/edit your binary with hex tool

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/hexdump

Finally some prod that can be named feature-complete for release. It is cross-platform, meaning it should run the same on Windows (tested), Linux, and OS X. It is Python 2 and Python 3 compatible. And it released into public domain, so that you won't have any problems in reusing it for your commercial and non-commercial hacking.

For those who are unaware of what hexdump is, hexdump is a representation of any binary data in human readable form. This form is good for hacking, inspecting and debugging binary data and protocols, but it is also good for editing such data. I am not pasting the output if the tool to encourage you to play with it yourself.

It can be used as command line tool and as a library. The most simple way is to use it as a tool:

# install
$ python -m pip install hexdump

# dump
$ python -m hexdump binary.bin > dump.txt
...

# restore
$ python -m hexdump --restore dump.txt
...

P.S. I don't mind including `hexdump` as provisional package in Python standard library if anyone will be able to convince PSF to accept public domain, CC0 or MIT licensed code.