diff --git a/sandbox/README b/sandbox/README
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-
-README:
-
-This directory is for hypothetical ideas for snippets of code,
-etc that may be included into the software at some point.
-
-setup.py will ignore this directory, and so nothing in here 
-will be included in tarball or package releases.
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diff --git a/sandbox/mmap_client.py b/sandbox/mmap_client.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python2.4
-
-import mmap, os, time
-mx = mmap.mmap(os.open('xxx',os.O_RDWR), 1)
-last = None
-while True:
-	mx.resize(mx.size())
-	data = mx[:]
-	if data != last:
-		print data
-		last = data
-	time.sleep(1)
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diff --git a/sandbox/mmap_server.py b/sandbox/mmap_server.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python2.4
-
-fileob = open('xxx','w')
-while True:
-	data = raw_input('Enter some text:')
-	fileob.seek(0)
-	fileob.write(data)
-	fileob.truncate()
-	fileob.flush()
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diff --git a/sandbox/xmlrpc_launcher.py b/sandbox/xmlrpc_launcher.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python2.4
-
-import xmlrpclib
-
-try:
-	# Try and connect to current instance
-	proxy = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:8888')
-	print proxy.open_file('server already exists')
-except:
-	# if connecting failed
-	print "couldn't connect to socket"
-	import xmlrpc_simple_server
-	xmlrpc_simple_server.Server()
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diff --git a/sandbox/xmlrpc_simple_server.py b/sandbox/xmlrpc_simple_server.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python2.4
-
-import SimpleXMLRPCServer
-
-class Server:
-	def __init__(self):
-		print "Starting simple server, registering"
-		self.server = StoppableXMLRPCServer(('localhost',8888))
-		self.server.register_instance(self)
-		self.server.serve_forever()
-	
-	def open_file(self, *args):
-		print "Opening files", args
-		return args
-
-	def shut_down(self, *args):
-		print "Shutting down the server"
-		self.server.stop = True
-		
-######
-class StoppableXMLRPCServer(SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCServer):
-	"""Override of TIME_WAIT"""
-	allow_reuse_address = True
-
-	def serve_forever(self):
-		self.stop = False
-		while not self.stop:
-			self.handle_request()
-######