implement str2long and long2str.

With a unit test.

pysollib/pysolrandom.py

@@ -246,9 +246,13 @@ PysolRandom = MTRandom
 # * PySol support code
 # ************************************************************************
 
+def _match_ms(s):
+    """match an ms based seed string."""
+    return re.match(r"ms([0-9]+)\n?\Z", s)
+
 # construct Random from seed string
 def constructRandom(s):
-    m = re.match(r"ms([0-9]+)\n?\Z", s);
+    m = _match_ms(s)
     if m:
         seed = long(m.group(1))
         if 0 <= seed <= LCRandom31.MAX_SEED:
@@ -266,6 +270,21 @@ def constructRandom(s):
         return LCRandom31(seed)
     return PysolRandom(seed)
 
+MS_LONG_BIT = (1L << 1000)
+
+def random__str2long(s):
+    m = _match_ms(s)
+    if m:
+        return (long(m.group(1)) | MS_LONG_BIT)
+    else:
+        return long(s)
+
+def random__long2str(l):
+    if ((l & MS_LONG_BIT) != 0):
+        return "ms" + str(l & (~ MS_LONG_BIT))
+    else:
+        return str(l)
+
 # test
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     r = constructRandom('12345')

tests/board_gen/ms_deals1.py

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 
 # imports
 import sys, os, re, string, time, types
-import random
 
 sys.path.append("./tests/lib")
 from TAP.Simple import plan, ok
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ from TAP.Simple import plan, ok
 # So the localpaths will be overrided.
 sys.path.insert(0, ".")
 
-from pysollib.pysolrandom import constructRandom, LCRandom31
+from pysollib.pysolrandom import constructRandom, LCRandom31, random__str2long, random__long2str
 
 # PySol imports
 
@@ -557,7 +556,7 @@ class Game:
 
 def shlomif_main(args):
 
-    plan(5)
+    plan(6)
 
     rand = constructRandom('24')
     game = Game("freecell", rand, True)
@@ -639,5 +638,11 @@ QH 9H 9D 5S 7S 6C
     'Microsoft Deal #6E9 - extra long seed.',
 );
 
+    inp = 'ms12345678'
+    got = random__long2str(random__str2long(inp))
+
+    # TEST
+    ok (got == inp, 'long2str ms roundtrip.')
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.exit(shlomif_main(sys.argv))