Index: subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/checksum.py
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--- subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/checksum.py	(revision 1448005)
+++ subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/checksum.py	(working copy)
@@ -27,15 +27,20 @@
         # function
         kind, expected_length = svn.core.svn_checksum_md5, 128/8
         val = svn.core.svn_checksum_create(kind)
+        duplicate = svn.core.svn_checksum_dup(val)
         check_val = svn.core.svn_checksum_to_cstring_display(val)
-
+        #create manual duplicate of val to check svn_checksum_match()
+        dup_val = val
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(check_val, str),
                               "Type of digest not string")
         self.assertEqual(len(check_val), 2*expected_length,
                          "Length of digest does not match kind")
         self.assertEqual(int(check_val), 0,
                          "Value of initialized digest is not 0")
-
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(svn.core.svn_checksum_match(val,dup_val),                        int),"Type returned is not int(0/1) or boolean")
+        #check for the function svn_checksum_dup() independently
+        self.assertTrue(svn.core.svn_checksum_match(val,duplicate),
+                         "Argument 2 is not a duplicate of argument 1")
 def suite():
     return unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromTestCase(ChecksumTestCases)