Arthur de Jong

Open Source / Free Software developer

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changes from 0.4 to 0.5
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* add modules for the following number formats:
  - EAN (International Article Number)
* refactoring to use the EAN check digit code for ISBN and ISMN checks
* implement a conversion function from ISSN to EAN
* support Python3 with the same codebase
* Python 2.5 compatibility improvement


changes from 0.3 to 0.4
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* add modules for the following number formats:
  - CPF (Cadastro de Pessoas FĂ­sicas, the Brazillian national identification
    number)
  - IBAN (International Bank Account Number)
  - ISIL (International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related
    Organizations)
  - SSN (U.S. Social Security Number)
* implement an internal module to store and handle hierarchically organised
  data structures efficiently
* regional-specific numbers are now in ISO 3166 packages (the BSN module
  is now in stdnum.nl.bsn)
* ISBN module functions now have a convert flag to convert to ISBN-13 on
  the fly


changes from 0.2 to 0.3
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* add modules for the following number formats:
  - ISMN (International Standard Music Number)
  - ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number)
  - IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
  - MEID (Mobile Equipment Identifier)
  - GRid (Global Release Identifier)
* add modules for handling the following check digit algorithms:
  - the Verhoeff algorithm
  - the Luhn and Luhn mod N algorithms
  - some algorithms described in ISO/IEC 7064: Mod 11, 2, Mod 37, 2,
    Mod 97, 10, Mod 11, 10 and Mod 37, 36
* added more unit tests


changes from 0.1 to 0.2
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* rename validate() function to is_valid() for all modules
* handle wrong types passed to is_valid() more gracefully
* add more tests and fix some minor bugs