bitstring-3.1.0

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February 26th 2013: version 3.1.0 released

This is a minor release with a couple of new features and some bug fixes.

New 'pad' token

This token can be used in reads and when packing/unpacking to indicate that
you don't care about the contents of these bits. Any padding bits will just
be skipped over when reading/unpacking or zero-filled when packing.

>>> a, b = s.readlist('pad:5, uint:3, pad:1, uint:3')

Here only two items are returned in the list - the padding bits are ignored.

New clear and copy convenience methods

These methods have been introduced in Python 3.3 for lists and bytearrays,
as more obvious ways of clearing and copying, and we mirror that change here.

t = s.copy() is equivalent to t = s[:], and s.clear() is equivalent to del s[:].

Other changes

• Some bug fixes.