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  r87942 | alexander.belopolsky | 2011-01-11 16:44:00 -0500 (Tue, 11 Jan 2011) | 3 lines

  Issue #5109: array.array constructor will now use fast code when
  initial data is provided in an array object with correct type.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_array.py b/Lib/test/test_array.py
index 4d56f54..d92205b 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_array.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_array.py
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@
         if a.itemsize>1:
             self.assertRaises(ValueError, b.fromstring, "x")
 
+    def test_fromarray(self):
+        a = array.array(self.typecode, self.example)
+        b = array.array(self.typecode, a)
+        self.assertEqual(a, b)
+
     def test_repr(self):
         a = array.array(self.typecode, 2*self.example)
         self.assertEqual(a, eval(repr(a), {"array": array.array}))
@@ -958,6 +963,11 @@
 
         self.assertRaises(AttributeError, setattr, a, "color", "blue")
 
+    def test_frombytearray(self):
+        a = array.array('b', range(10))
+        b = array.array(self.typecode, a)
+        self.assertEqual(a, b)
+
 class SignedNumberTest(NumberTest):
     example = [-1, 0, 1, 42, 0x7f]
     smallerexample = [-1, 0, 1, 42, 0x7e]