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+# $Id$
+
+import unittest
+from zope.testing.doctestunit import DocFileSuite
+from zope.app.testing import ztapi
+from zope.interface.verify import verifyClass
+from zope.interface import implements
+from zope.app import zapi
+from zope.app.intid.interfaces import IIntIds
+
+from interfaces import ITask
+from task import Task
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+    "Basic tests for the loops package."
+
+    def testInterfaces(self):
+        verifyClass(ITask, Task)
+        self.assert_(ITask.providedBy(Task()),
+            'Interface ITask is not implemented by class Task.')
+
+
+def test_suite():
+    return unittest.TestSuite((
+                unittest.makeSuite(Test),
+                DocFileSuite('README.txt'),
+            ))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(defaultTest='test_suite')