def test_number_nodes(self, d):
        """if the root is an interior node, it must be numbered
        two less than the number of symbols"""
        # a complete tree has one fewer interior nodes than
        # it has leaves, and we are numbering from 0
        # NB: this also tests huffman_tree indirectly

        t = huffman_tree(d)
        assume(not t.is_leaf())
        count = len(d)
        number_nodes(t)
        self.assertEqual(count, t.number + 2)
    def test_num_nodes_to_bytes(self, b):
        """num_nodes_to_bytes returns a bytes object that
        has length 1 (since the number of internal nodes cannot
        exceed 256)"""
        # NB: also indirectly tests make_freq_dict and huffman_tree

        d = make_freq_dict(b)
        assume(len(d) > 1)
        t = huffman_tree(d)
        number_nodes(t)
        n = num_nodes_to_bytes(t)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(n, bytes))
        self.assertEqual(len(n), 1)
    def test_tree_to_bytes(self, b):
        """tree_to_bytes generates a bytes representation of
        a post-order traversal of a trees internal nodes"""
        # Since each internal node requires 4 bytes to represent,
        # and there are 1 fewer internal node than distinct symbols,
        # the length of the bytes produced should be 4 times the
        # length of the frequency dictionary, minus 4"""
        # NB: also indirectly tests make_freq_dict, huffman_tree, and
        # number_nodes

        d = make_freq_dict(b)
        assume(len(d) > 1)
        t = huffman_tree(d)
        number_nodes(t)
        output_bytes = tree_to_bytes(t)
        dictionary_length = len(d)
        leaf_count = dictionary_length
        self.assertEqual(4 * (leaf_count - 1), len(output_bytes))