add a bitequal() function

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *.egg-info
 *.so
 *.o
+MANIFEST
 README.html
 build/
 dist/

CHANGE_LOG

@@ -1,5 +1,75 @@
-2013-XX-XX   0.8.2:
+2019-XX-XX   1.1.0:
 -------------------
+  * add optional start and stop parameters to .count() method
+  * add official Python 3.8 support
+  * update documentation to use positional-only syntax in docstrings
+  * update readme to pass Python 3 doctest
+
+
+2019-07-19   1.0.1:
+-------------------
+  * fix readme to pass ``twine check``
+
+
+2019-07-15   1.0.0:
+-------------------
+  * fix bitarrays beings created from unicode in Python 2
+  * use ``PyBytes_*`` in C code, treating the Py3k function names as default,
+    which also removes all redefinitions of ``PyString_*``
+  * handle negative arguments of .index() method consistently with how
+    they are treated for lists
+  * add a few more comments to the C code
+  * move imports outside tests: pickle, io, etc.
+  * drop Python 2.5 support
+
+
+2019-05-20   0.9.3:
+-------------------
+  * refactor resize() - only shrink allocated memory if new size falls
+    lower than half the allocated size
+  * improve error message when trying to initialize from float or complex
+
+
+2019-04-29   0.9.2:
+-------------------
+  * fix fail to compile on Windows with VS 2015, issue #72
+
+
+2019-04-28   0.9.1:
+-------------------
+  * fix types to actually be types, #29
+  * check for ambiguous prefix codes when building binary tree for decoding
+  * remove Python level methods: encode, decode, iterdecode (in favor of
+    having these implemented on the C-level along with check_codedict)
+  * fix self tests for Python 2.5 and 2.6
+  * move all Huffman code related example code into examples/huffman
+  * add code to generate graphviz .dot file of Huffman tree to examples
+
+
+2019-04-22   0.9.0:
+-------------------
+  * more efficient decode and iterdecode by using C-level binary tree
+    instead of a python one, #54
+  * added buffer protocol support for Python 3, #55
+  * fixed invalid pointer exceptions in pypy, #47
+  * made all examples Py3k compatible
+  * add gene sequence example
+  * add official Python 3.7 support
+  * drop Python 2.4, 3.1 and 3.2 support
+
+
+2018-07-06   0.8.3:
+-------------------
+  * add exception to setup.py when README.rst cannot be opened
+
+
+2018-05-30   0.8.2:
+-------------------
+  * add official Python 3.6 support (although it was already working)
+  * fix description of fill(), #52
+  * handle extending self correctly, #28
+  * copy_n: fast copy with memmove fixed, #43
+  * minor clarity/wording changes to README, #23
 
 
 2013-03-30   0.8.1:
@@ -75,7 +145,7 @@
 2009-01-15   0.3.4:
 -------------------
   * Made C code less ambiguous, such that the package compiles on
-    Visual Studio, will all tests passing.
+    Visual Studio, with all tests passing.
 
 
 2008-12-14   0.3.3:
@@ -99,7 +169,7 @@
 
 2008-09-30   0.3.0:
 -------------------
-  * Fixed a severe bug for 64bit machines.  Implemented all methods in C,
+  * Fixed a severe bug for 64-bit machines.  Implemented all methods in C,
     improved tests.
   * Removed deprecated methods from01 and fromlist.
 

Makefile

@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ test: bitarray/_bitarray.so
 
 doc: bitarray/_bitarray.so
 	$(PYTHON) update_readme.py
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py sdist
+	twine check dist/*
 
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf build dist
 	rm -f bitarray/*.o bitarray/*.so
 	rm -f bitarray/*.pyc
+	rm -f examples/*.pyc
 	rm -rf bitarray/__pycache__ *.egg-info
-	rm -f README.html
+	rm -rf examples/__pycache__