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+\section{\module{cmp} ---
+         File comparisons}
+
+\declaremodule{standard}{cmp}
+\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{mzadka@geocities.com}
+\modulesynopsis{Compare files very efficiently.}
+
+The \module{cmp} module defines a function to compare files, taking all
+sort of short-cuts to make it a highly efficient operation.
+
+The \module{cmp} module defines the following function:
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{cmp}{f1, f2}
+Compare two files given as names. The following tricks are used to
+optimize the comparisons:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+        \item Files with identical type, size and mtime are assumed equal.
+        \item Files with different type or size are never equal.
+        \item The module only compares files it already compared if their
+        signature (type, size and mtime) changed.
+        \item No external programs are called.
+\end{itemize}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+Example:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> import cmp
+>>> cmp.cmp('libundoc.tex', 'libundoc.tex')
+1
+>>> cmp.cmp('libundoc.tex', 'lib.tex')
+0
+\end{verbatim}