/**
 * zfec -- fast forward error correction library with Python interface
 */

#include <Python.h>
#include <structmember.h>
#include <stddef.h>


#if (PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000)
typedef int Py_ssize_t;
#endif

#ifndef PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT
#define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size,
#endif

#ifndef PyInt_Check
#define PyInt_Check     PyLong_Check
#define PyInt_FromLong  PyLong_FromLong
#define PyInt_AsLong    PyLong_AsLong
#define PyInt_Type      PyLong_Type
#endif

#ifndef PyString_FromStringAndSize
#define PyString_FromStringAndSize  PyBytes_FromStringAndSize
#define PyString_AsString           PyBytes_AsString
#endif

#include "fec.h"

#include "stdarg.h"

static PyObject *py_fec_error;

static char fec__doc__[] = "\
FEC - Forward Error Correction \n\
";

static char Encoder__doc__[] = "\
Hold static encoder state (an in-memory table for matrix multiplication), and k and m parameters, and provide {encode()} method.\n\n\
@param k: the number of packets required for reconstruction \n\
@param m: the number of packets generated \n\
";

typedef struct {
    PyObject_HEAD

    /* expose these */
    unsigned short kk;
    unsigned short mm;

    /* internal */
    fec_t* fec_matrix;
} Encoder;

static PyObject *
Encoder_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict) {
    Encoder *self;

    self = (Encoder*)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
    if (self != NULL) {
        self->kk = 0;
        self->mm = 0;
        self->fec_matrix = NULL;
    }

    return (PyObject *)self;
}

static int
Encoder_init(Encoder *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict) {
    static char *kwlist[] = {
        "k",
        "m",
        NULL
    };
    int ink, inm;
    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwdict, "ii:Encoder.__init__", kwlist, &ink, &inm))
        return -1;

    if (ink < 1) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: first argument is required to be greater than or equal to 1, but it was %d", ink);
        return -1;
    }
    if (inm < 1) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: second argument is required to be greater than or equal to 1, but it was %d", inm);
        return -1;
    }
    if (inm > 256) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: second argument is required to be less than or equal to 256, but it was %d", inm);
        return -1;
    }
    if (ink > inm) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: first argument is required to be less than or equal to the second argument, but they were %d and %d respectively", ink, inm);
        return -1;
    }
    self->kk = (unsigned short)ink;
    self->mm = (unsigned short)inm;

    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
    self->fec_matrix = fec_new(self->kk, self->mm);
    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS

    return 0;
}

static char Encoder_encode__doc__[] = "\
Encode data into m packets.\n\
\n\
@param inblocks: a sequence of k buffers of data to encode -- these are the k primary blocks, i.e. the input data split into k pieces (for best performance, make it a tuple instead of a list);  All blocks are required to be the same length.\n\
@param desired_blocks_nums optional sequence of blocknums indicating which blocks to produce and return;  If None, all m blocks will be returned (in order).  (For best performance, make it a tuple instead of a list.)\n\
@returns: a list of buffers containing the requested blocks; Note that if any of the input blocks were 'primary blocks', i.e. their blocknum was < k, then the result sequence will contain a Python reference to the same Python object as was passed in.  As long as the Python object in question is immutable (i.e. a string) then you don't have to think about this detail, but if it is mutable (i.e. an array), then you have to be aware that if you subsequently mutate the contents of that object then that will also change the contents of the sequence that was returned from this call to encode().\n\
";

static PyObject *
Encoder_encode(Encoder *self, PyObject *args) {
    PyObject* inblocks;
    PyObject* desired_blocks_nums = NULL; /* The blocknums of the blocks that should be returned. */
    PyObject* result = NULL;

    gf** check_blocks_produced = (gf**)alloca((self->mm - self->kk) * sizeof(PyObject*)); /* This is an upper bound -- we will actually use only num_check_blocks_produced of these elements (see below). */
    PyObject** pystrs_produced = (PyObject**)alloca((self->mm - self->kk) * sizeof(PyObject*)); /* This is an upper bound -- we will actually use only num_check_blocks_produced of these elements (see below). */
    unsigned num_check_blocks_produced = 0; /* The first num_check_blocks_produced elements of the check_blocks_produced array and of the pystrs_produced array will be used. */
    const gf** incblocks = (const gf**)alloca(self->kk * sizeof(const gf*));
    size_t num_desired_blocks;
    PyObject* fast_desired_blocks_nums = NULL;
    PyObject** fast_desired_blocks_nums_items;
    size_t * c_desired_blocks_nums = (size_t*)alloca(self->mm * sizeof(size_t));
    unsigned* c_desired_checkblocks_ids = (unsigned*)alloca((self->mm - self->kk) * sizeof(unsigned));
    size_t i;
    PyObject* fastinblocks = NULL;
    PyObject** fastinblocksitems;
    Py_ssize_t sz, oldsz = 0;
    unsigned char check_block_index = 0; /* index into the check_blocks_produced and (parallel) pystrs_produced arrays */

    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O:Encoder.encode", &inblocks, &desired_blocks_nums))
        return NULL;

    for (i = 0; i < (size_t)self->mm - (size_t)self->kk; i++)
        pystrs_produced[i] = NULL;

    if (desired_blocks_nums) {
        fast_desired_blocks_nums = PySequence_Fast(desired_blocks_nums, "Second argument (optional) was not a sequence.");

        if (!fast_desired_blocks_nums)
            goto err;

        num_desired_blocks = PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(fast_desired_blocks_nums);
        fast_desired_blocks_nums_items = PySequence_Fast_ITEMS(fast_desired_blocks_nums);

        for (i = 0; i < num_desired_blocks; i++) {
            if (!PyInt_Check(fast_desired_blocks_nums_items[i])) {
                PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: second argument is required to contain int.");
                goto err;
            }
            c_desired_blocks_nums[i] = PyInt_AsLong(fast_desired_blocks_nums_items[i]);
            if (c_desired_blocks_nums[i] >= self->kk)
                num_check_blocks_produced++;
        }
    } else {
        num_desired_blocks = self->mm;
        for (i = 0; i<num_desired_blocks; i++)
            c_desired_blocks_nums[i] = i;
        num_check_blocks_produced = self->mm - self->kk;
    }

    fastinblocks = PySequence_Fast(inblocks, "First argument was not a sequence.");
    if (!fastinblocks)
        goto err;

    if (PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(fastinblocks) != self->kk) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: Wrong length -- first argument (the sequence of input blocks) is required to contain exactly k blocks.  len(first): %zu, k: %d", PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(fastinblocks), self->kk);
        goto err;
    }

    /* Construct a C array of gf*'s of the input data. */
    fastinblocksitems = PySequence_Fast_ITEMS(fastinblocks);
    if (!fastinblocksitems)
        goto err;

    for (i = 0; i < self->kk; i++) {
        if (!PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(fastinblocksitems[i])) {
            PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: %zu'th item is required to offer the single-segment read character buffer protocol, but it does not.", i);
            goto err;
        }
        if (PyObject_AsReadBuffer(fastinblocksitems[i], (const void**)&(incblocks[i]), &sz))
            goto err;
        if (oldsz != 0 && oldsz != sz) {
            PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: Input blocks are required to be all the same length.  length of one block was: %zu, length of another block was: %zu", oldsz, sz);
            goto err;
        }
        oldsz = sz;
    }

    /* Allocate space for all of the check blocks. */

    for (i = 0; i < num_desired_blocks; i++) {
        if (c_desired_blocks_nums[i] >= self->kk) {
            c_desired_checkblocks_ids[check_block_index] = c_desired_blocks_nums[i];
            pystrs_produced[check_block_index] = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, sz);
            if (pystrs_produced[check_block_index] == NULL)
                goto err;
            check_blocks_produced[check_block_index] = (gf*)PyString_AsString(pystrs_produced[check_block_index]);
            if (check_blocks_produced[check_block_index] == NULL)
                goto err;
            check_block_index++;
        }
    }
    assert (check_block_index == num_check_blocks_produced);

    /* Encode any check blocks that are needed. */
    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
    fec_encode(self->fec_matrix, incblocks, check_blocks_produced, c_desired_checkblocks_ids, num_check_blocks_produced, sz);
    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS

    /* Wrap all requested blocks up into a Python list of Python strings. */
    result = PyList_New(num_desired_blocks);
    if (result == NULL)
        goto err;
    check_block_index = 0;
    for (i = 0; i < num_desired_blocks; i++) {
        if (c_desired_blocks_nums[i] < self->kk) {
            Py_INCREF(fastinblocksitems[c_desired_blocks_nums[i]]);
            if (PyList_SetItem(result, i, fastinblocksitems[c_desired_blocks_nums[i]]) == -1) {
                Py_DECREF(fastinblocksitems[c_desired_blocks_nums[i]]);
                goto err;
            }
        } else {
            if (PyList_SetItem(result, i, pystrs_produced[check_block_index]) == -1)
                goto err;
            pystrs_produced[check_block_index] = NULL;
            check_block_index++;
        }
    }

    goto cleanup;
  err:
    for (i = 0; i < num_check_blocks_produced; i++)
        Py_XDECREF(pystrs_produced[i]);
    Py_XDECREF(result); result = NULL;
  cleanup:
    Py_XDECREF(fastinblocks); fastinblocks=NULL;
    Py_XDECREF(fast_desired_blocks_nums); fast_desired_blocks_nums=NULL;
    return result;
}

static void
Encoder_dealloc(Encoder * self) {
    if (self->fec_matrix)
        fec_free(self->fec_matrix);
    Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
}

static PyMethodDef Encoder_methods[] = {
    {"encode", (PyCFunction)Encoder_encode, METH_VARARGS, Encoder_encode__doc__},
    {NULL},
};

static PyMemberDef Encoder_members[] = {
    {"k", T_SHORT, offsetof(Encoder, kk), READONLY, "k"},
    {"m", T_SHORT, offsetof(Encoder, mm), READONLY, "m"},
    {NULL} /* Sentinel */
};

static PyTypeObject Encoder_type = {
    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
    "_fec.Encoder", /*tp_name*/
    sizeof(Encoder),             /*tp_basicsize*/
    0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
    (destructor)Encoder_dealloc, /*tp_dealloc*/
    0,                         /*tp_print*/
    0,                         /*tp_getattr*/
    0,                         /*tp_setattr*/
    0,                         /*tp_compare*/
    0,                         /*tp_repr*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_number*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_sequence*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_mapping*/
    0,                         /*tp_hash */
    0,                         /*tp_call*/
    0,                         /*tp_str*/
    0,                         /*tp_getattro*/
    0,                         /*tp_setattro*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_buffer*/
    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /*tp_flags*/
    Encoder__doc__,           /* tp_doc */
    0,		               /* tp_traverse */
    0,		               /* tp_clear */
    0,		               /* tp_richcompare */
    0,		               /* tp_weaklistoffset */
    0,		               /* tp_iter */
    0,		               /* tp_iternext */
    Encoder_methods,             /* tp_methods */
    Encoder_members,             /* tp_members */
    0,                         /* tp_getset */
    0,                         /* tp_base */
    0,                         /* tp_dict */
    0,                         /* tp_descr_get */
    0,                         /* tp_descr_set */
    0,                         /* tp_dictoffset */
    (initproc)Encoder_init,      /* tp_init */
    0,                         /* tp_alloc */
    Encoder_new,                 /* tp_new */
};

static char Decoder__doc__[] = "\
Hold static decoder state (an in-memory table for matrix multiplication), and k and m parameters, and provide {decode()} method.\n\n\
@param k: the number of packets required for reconstruction \n\
@param m: the number of packets generated \n\
";

typedef struct {
    PyObject_HEAD

    /* expose these */
    unsigned short kk;
    unsigned short mm;

    /* internal */
    fec_t* fec_matrix;
} Decoder;

static PyObject *
Decoder_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict) {
    Decoder *self;

    self = (Decoder*)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
    if (self != NULL) {
        self->kk = 0;
        self->mm = 0;
        self->fec_matrix = NULL;
    }

    return (PyObject *)self;
}

static int
Decoder_init(Encoder *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict) {
    static char *kwlist[] = {
        "k",
        "m",
        NULL
    };

    int ink, inm;
    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwdict, "ii:Decoder.__init__", kwlist, &ink, &inm))
        return -1;

    if (ink < 1) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: first argument is required to be greater than or equal to 1, but it was %d", ink);
	return -1;
    }
    if (inm < 1) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: second argument is required to be greater than or equal to 1, but it was %d", inm);
	return -1;
    }
    if (inm > 256) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: second argument is required to be less than or equal to 256, but it was %d", inm);
	return -1;
    }
    if (ink > inm) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: first argument is required to be less than or equal to the second argument, but they were %d and %d respectively", ink, inm);
	return -1;
    }
    self->kk = (unsigned short)ink;
    self->mm = (unsigned short)inm;

    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
    self->fec_matrix = fec_new(self->kk, self->mm);
    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS

    return 0;
}

#define SWAP(a,b,t) {t tmp; tmp=a; a=b; b=tmp;}

static char Decoder_decode__doc__[] = "\
Decode a list blocks into a list of segments.\n\
@param blocks a sequence of buffers containing block data (for best performance, make it a tuple instead of a list)\n\
@param blocknums a sequence of integers of the blocknum for each block in blocks (for best performance, make it a tuple instead of a list)\n\
\n\
@return a list of strings containing the segment data (i.e. ''.join(retval) yields a string containing the decoded data)\n\
";

static PyObject *
Decoder_decode(Decoder *self, PyObject *args) {
    PyObject*restrict blocks;
    PyObject*restrict blocknums;
    PyObject* result = NULL;

    const gf**restrict cblocks = (const gf**restrict)alloca(self->kk * sizeof(const gf*));
    unsigned* cblocknums = (unsigned*)alloca(self->kk * sizeof(unsigned));
    gf**restrict recoveredcstrs = (gf**)alloca(self->kk * sizeof(gf*)); /* self->kk is actually an upper bound -- we probably won't need all of this space. */
    PyObject**restrict recoveredpystrs = (PyObject**restrict)alloca(self->kk * sizeof(PyObject*)); /* self->kk is actually an upper bound -- we probably won't need all of this space. */
    unsigned i;
    PyObject*restrict fastblocknums = NULL;
    PyObject*restrict fastblocks;
    unsigned needtorecover=0;
    PyObject** fastblocksitems;
    PyObject** fastblocknumsitems;
    Py_ssize_t sz, oldsz = 0;
    long tmpl;
    unsigned nextrecoveredix=0;

    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO:Decoder.decode", &blocks, &blocknums))
        return NULL;

    for (i=0; i<self->kk; i++)
        recoveredpystrs[i] = NULL;
    fastblocks = PySequence_Fast(blocks, "First argument was not a sequence.");
    if (!fastblocks)
        goto err;
    fastblocknums = PySequence_Fast(blocknums, "Second argument was not a sequence.");
    if (!fastblocknums)
        goto err;

    if (PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(fastblocks) != self->kk) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: Wrong length -- first argument is required to contain exactly k blocks.  len(first): %zu, k: %d", PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(fastblocks), self->kk);
        goto err;
    }
    if (PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(fastblocknums) != self->kk) {
        PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: Wrong length -- blocknums is required to contain exactly k blocks.  len(blocknums): %zu, k: %d", PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(fastblocknums), self->kk);
        goto err;
    }

    /* Construct a C array of gf*'s of the data and another of C ints of the blocknums. */
    fastblocknumsitems = PySequence_Fast_ITEMS(fastblocknums);
    if (!fastblocknumsitems)
        goto err;
    fastblocksitems = PySequence_Fast_ITEMS(fastblocks);
    if (!fastblocksitems)
        goto err;

    for (i=0; i<self->kk; i++) {
        if (!PyInt_Check(fastblocknumsitems[i])) {
            PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: second argument is required to contain int.");
            goto err;
        }
        tmpl = PyInt_AsLong(fastblocknumsitems[i]);
        if (tmpl < 0 || tmpl > 255) {
            PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: block nums can't be less than zero or greater than 255.  %ld\n", tmpl);
            goto err;
        }
        cblocknums[i] = (unsigned)tmpl;
        if (cblocknums[i] >= self->kk)
            needtorecover+=1;

        if (!PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(fastblocksitems[i])) {
            PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: %u'th item is required to offer the single-segment read character buffer protocol, but it does not.\n", i);
            goto err;
        }
        if (PyObject_AsReadBuffer(fastblocksitems[i], (const void**)&(cblocks[i]), &sz))
            goto err;
        if (oldsz != 0 && oldsz != sz) {
            PyErr_Format(py_fec_error, "Precondition violation: Input blocks are required to be all the same length.  length of one block was: %zu, length of another block was: %zu\n", oldsz, sz);
            goto err;
        }
        oldsz = sz;
    }

    /* Move src packets into position.  At the end of this loop we want the i'th
       element of the arrays to be the block with block number i, if that block
       is among our inputs. */
    for (i=0; i<self->kk;) {
        if (cblocknums[i] >= self->kk || cblocknums[i] == i)
            i++;
        else {
            /* put pkt in the right position. */
            unsigned c = cblocknums[i];

            SWAP (cblocknums[i], cblocknums[c], int);
            SWAP (cblocks[i], cblocks[c], const gf*);
            SWAP (fastblocksitems[i], fastblocksitems[c], PyObject*);
        }
    }

    /* Allocate space for all of the recovered blocks. */
    for (i=0; i<needtorecover; i++) {
        recoveredpystrs[i] = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, sz);
        if (recoveredpystrs[i] == NULL)
            goto err;
        recoveredcstrs[i] = (gf*)PyString_AsString(recoveredpystrs[i]);
        if (recoveredcstrs[i] == NULL)
            goto err;
    }

    /* Decode any recovered blocks that are needed. */
    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
    fec_decode(self->fec_matrix, cblocks, recoveredcstrs, cblocknums, sz);
    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS

    /* Wrap up both original primary blocks and decoded blocks into a Python list of Python strings. */
    result = PyList_New(self->kk);
    if (result == NULL)
        goto err;
    for (i=0; i<self->kk; i++) {
        if (cblocknums[i] == i) {
            /* Original primary block. */
            Py_INCREF(fastblocksitems[i]);
            if (PyList_SetItem(result, i, fastblocksitems[i]) == -1) {
                Py_DECREF(fastblocksitems[i]);
                goto err;
            }
        } else {
            /* Recovered block. */
            if (PyList_SetItem(result, i, recoveredpystrs[nextrecoveredix]) == -1)
                goto err;
            recoveredpystrs[nextrecoveredix] = NULL;
            nextrecoveredix++;
        }
    }

    goto cleanup;
  err:
    for (i=0; i<self->kk; i++)
        Py_XDECREF(recoveredpystrs[i]);
    Py_XDECREF(result); result = NULL;
  cleanup:
    Py_XDECREF(fastblocks); fastblocks=NULL;
    Py_XDECREF(fastblocknums); fastblocknums=NULL;
    return result;
}

static void
Decoder_dealloc(Decoder * self) {
    if (self->fec_matrix)
        fec_free(self->fec_matrix);
    Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
}

static PyMethodDef Decoder_methods[] = {
    {"decode", (PyCFunction)Decoder_decode, METH_VARARGS, Decoder_decode__doc__},
    {NULL},
};

static PyMemberDef Decoder_members[] = {
    {"k", T_SHORT, offsetof(Encoder, kk), READONLY, "k"},
    {"m", T_SHORT, offsetof(Encoder, mm), READONLY, "m"},
    {NULL} /* Sentinel */
};

static PyTypeObject Decoder_type = {
    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
    "_fec.Decoder", /*tp_name*/
    sizeof(Decoder),             /*tp_basicsize*/
    0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
    (destructor)Decoder_dealloc, /*tp_dealloc*/
    0,                         /*tp_print*/
    0,                         /*tp_getattr*/
    0,                         /*tp_setattr*/
    0,                         /*tp_compare*/
    0,                         /*tp_repr*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_number*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_sequence*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_mapping*/
    0,                         /*tp_hash */
    0,                         /*tp_call*/
    0,                         /*tp_str*/
    0,                         /*tp_getattro*/
    0,                         /*tp_setattro*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_buffer*/
    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /*tp_flags*/
    Decoder__doc__,           /* tp_doc */
    0,		               /* tp_traverse */
    0,		               /* tp_clear */
    0,		               /* tp_richcompare */
    0,		               /* tp_weaklistoffset */
    0,		               /* tp_iter */
    0,		               /* tp_iternext */
    Decoder_methods,             /* tp_methods */
    Decoder_members,             /* tp_members */
    0,                         /* tp_getset */
    0,                         /* tp_base */
    0,                         /* tp_dict */
    0,                         /* tp_descr_get */
    0,                         /* tp_descr_set */
    0,                         /* tp_dictoffset */
    (initproc)Decoder_init,      /* tp_init */
    0,                         /* tp_alloc */
    Decoder_new,                 /* tp_new */
};


void
_hexwrite(unsigned char*s, size_t l) {
  size_t i;
  for (i = 0; i < l; i++)
    printf("%.2x", s[i]);
}


PyObject*
test_from_agl(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
  unsigned char b0c[8], b1c[8];
  unsigned char b0[8], b1[8], b2[8], b3[8], b4[8];

  const unsigned char *blocks[3] = {b0, b1, b2};
  unsigned char *outblocks[2] = {b3, b4};
  unsigned block_nums[] = {3, 4};

  fec_t *const fec = fec_new(3, 5);

  const unsigned char *inpkts[] = {b3, b4, b2};
  unsigned char *outpkts[] = {b0, b1};
  unsigned indexes[] = {3, 4, 2};

  memset(b0, 1, 8);
  memset(b1, 2, 8);
  memset(b2, 3, 8);

  /*printf("_from_c before encoding:\n");
  printf("b0: "); _hexwrite(b0, 8); printf(", ");
  printf("b1: "); _hexwrite(b1, 8); printf(", ");
  printf("b2: "); _hexwrite(b2, 8); printf(", ");
  printf("\n");*/

  fec_encode(fec, blocks, outblocks, block_nums, 2, 8);

  /*printf("after encoding:\n");
  printf("b3: "); _hexwrite(b3, 8); printf(", ");
  printf("b4: "); _hexwrite(b4, 8); printf(", ");
  printf("\n");*/

  memcpy(b0c, b0, 8); memcpy(b1c, b1, 8);

  fec_decode(fec, inpkts, outpkts, indexes, 8);

  /*printf("after decoding:\n");
  printf("b0: "); _hexwrite(b0, 8); printf(", ");
  printf("b1: "); _hexwrite(b1, 8);
  printf("\n");*/

  if ((memcmp(b0, b0c,8) == 0) && (memcmp(b1, b1c,8) == 0))
    Py_RETURN_TRUE;
  else
    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
}

static PyMethodDef fec_functions[] = {
    {"test_from_agl", test_from_agl, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
    {NULL}
};

#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
static struct PyModuleDef moduledef = { PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT, "_fec", fec__doc__, -1, fec_functions, };
#endif

#ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC	/* declarations for DLL import/export */
#define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
#endif
PyMODINIT_FUNC
#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
#define MOD_ERROR_VAL NULL
PyInit__fec(void) {
#else
#define MOD_ERROR_VAL
init_fec(void) {
#endif
    PyObject *module;
    PyObject *module_dict;

    if (PyType_Ready(&Encoder_type) < 0)
        return MOD_ERROR_VAL;
    if (PyType_Ready(&Decoder_type) < 0)
        return MOD_ERROR_VAL;

#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
    module = PyModule_Create(&moduledef);
#else
    module = Py_InitModule3("_fec", fec_functions, fec__doc__);
    if (module == NULL)
      return;
#endif

    Py_INCREF(&Encoder_type);
    Py_INCREF(&Decoder_type);

    PyModule_AddObject(module, "Encoder", (PyObject *)&Encoder_type);
    PyModule_AddObject(module, "Decoder", (PyObject *)&Decoder_type);

    module_dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);
    py_fec_error = PyErr_NewException("_fec.Error", NULL, NULL);
    PyDict_SetItemString(module_dict, "Error", py_fec_error);

    fec_init();

#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
    return module;
#endif
}

/**
 * originally inspired by fecmodule.c by the Mnet Project, especially Myers
 * Carpenter and Hauke Johannknecht
 */
