tests/md5sum.py

error: make HintException a mix-in class not derived from BaseException (API)

HintException is unrelated to the hierarchy of errors. It is an implementation
detail whether a class inherits from HintException or not, a sort of "private
inheritance" in C++.

New Hint isn't an exception class, which prevents catching error by its type:

    try:
        dosomething()
    except error.Hint:
        pass

Unfortunately, this passes on PyPy 5.3.1, but not on Python 2, and raises more
detailed TypeError on Python 3.

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Based on python's Tools/scripts/md5sum.py
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
# of the PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2, which is
# GPL-compatible.

from __future__ import absolute_import

import os
import sys

try:
    import hashlib
    md5 = hashlib.md5
except ImportError:
    import md5
    md5 = md5.md5

try:
    import msvcrt
    msvcrt.setmode(sys.stdout.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
    msvcrt.setmode(sys.stderr.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
except ImportError:
    pass

for filename in sys.argv[1:]:
    try:
        fp = open(filename, 'rb')
    except IOError as msg:
        sys.stderr.write('%s: Can\'t open: %s\n' % (filename, msg))
        sys.exit(1)

    m = md5()
    try:
        while True:
            data = fp.read(8192)
            if not data:
                break
            m.update(data)
    except IOError as msg:
        sys.stderr.write('%s: I/O error: %s\n' % (filename, msg))
        sys.exit(1)
    sys.stdout.write('%s  %s\n' % (m.hexdigest(), filename))

sys.exit(0)