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pycrc is a free, fully parametrisable Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) calculator and C source code generator written in Python.

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Version 0.6.6 released   (06 June 2008)
Version 0.6.6 of pycrc is just a small bugfix release:

• Fixed a bug in the print_params function. Closes issue 1985197. Thanks to Artur Lipowski.
• Creative Commons license for the documentation.

Please check the ChangeLog file for a detailed list of changes.

Version 0.6.5 released   (02 March 2008)
Version 0.6.5 of adds a few new CRC models (dallas-1-wire, r-crc-16, thanks to "raimondo") and contains the following changes:

• fixed a problem with the generated code for bit-by-bit-fast algorithms. Thanks to Hans Bacher.
• added extern "C" declaration to the generated C header file. Thanks to Nathan Royer.
• added --crc-type and --include-file options.

Please check the ChangeLog file for a detailed list of changes.

Version 0.6.4 released   (05 December 2007)
Version 0.6.4 fixes the following bugs:

• Fixed issue 1843774: The code does not work for multiple calls to crc_update().

Version 0.6.3 released   (13 October 2007)
Version 0.6.3 of adds a few new CRC models (crc-5, crc-15, crc-16-usb, crc-24, crc-64) and fixes the following bugs:

• Fixed issue 1812894: portability problems in the generated code. Thanks to Helmut Bauer.
• Fixed issue 1794343: --check-file works now with --width < 8.
• Fixed issue 1794344: unnecessary restriction on the width when using the bit-by-bit-fast algorithm.

Please check the ChangeLog file for a detailed list of changes.

Version 0.6.2 released   (25 August 2007)
Version 0.6.2 of pycrc has been released today.

• Fixed issue 1781637: The parameter to --check-string is ignored.
• Fixed issue 1727128: Generated Table driven code is ugly/not elegant.

Please check the ChangeLog file for a detailed list of changes.

Version 0.6.1 released   (12 August 2007)
Version 0.6.1 of pycrc has been released today. This is a bugfix and code cleanup release. No new features have been added.

• Bugfix in the source code generator for C89: Compilation error due to mismatch of parameters in the crc_finalize funtion.
• Changes related to 919107: Code generator includes reflect() function even if not needed.
• Fixed a typo in the C89 source code generator. Thanks to Helmut Bauer
• Documentation tidy-up.
• Previously deprecated command line options have been deleted in this version.

Please check the ChangeLog file for a detailed list of changes.

Version 0.6 released   (21 May 2007)
Version 0.6 of pycrc has been released today.

• This release contains a major rewrite of the code generation back-end and a re-organisation of the source code.
• With version v0.6 the license has changed from (a modified) GPLv2 to MIT. This makes it hopfully easier to deploy the source code in third-party programs.
• There are also several other minor improvements.

Please check the ChangeLog file for a detailed list of changes.

Version 0.5 released   (25 March 2007)
Version 0.5 of pycrc has been released today. This release includes minor fixes and corrections. No new features are added. Please check the ChangeLog file for a detailed list of changes.

Version 0.4 released   (26 January 2007)
Version 0.4 of pycrc has been released today.

• This version calculates the checksum of files and new parameter sets are added.
• The generated source code is now documentd in Doxygen style.

Version 0.3 released   (14 January 2007)
Version 0.3 of pycrc has been released today. This is the first public release. Although it is in a early beta stage, most of the final functionality is implemented.