[project @ Arch-1:robey@lag.net--2003-public%secsh--dev--1.0--patch-88]

add Message.rewind()
add rewind() method to Message, which just resets the pointer so you can
start reading from the beginning again.  this is useful for some tests.

paramiko/message.py

@@ -60,7 +60,14 @@ class Message (object):
         @rtype: string
         """
         return 'paramiko.Message(' + repr(self.packet) + ')'
-    
+
+    def rewind(self):
+        """
+        Rewind the message to the beginning as if no items had been parsed
+        out of it yet.
+        """
+        self.idx = 0
+
     def get_remainder(self):
         """
         Return the bytes of this Message that haven't already been parsed and

tests/test_message.py

@@ -95,4 +95,8 @@ class MessageTest (unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(msg.get_mpint(), 0x1122334455L)
         self.assertEquals(msg.get_so_far(), self.__d[:13])
         self.assertEquals(msg.get_remainder(), self.__d[13:])
+        msg.rewind()
+        self.assertEquals(msg.get_int(), 5)
+        self.assertEquals(msg.get_so_far(), self.__d[:4])
+        self.assertEquals(msg.get_remainder(), self.__d[4:])