Python API for constructing tasks (#28)

* Python API for constructing tasks

* Fixes.

test/test.py

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+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import unittest
+
+import common
+
+BASE_SIMPLE_OBJECTS = [
+  0, 1, 100000, 0L, 1L, 100000L, 1L << 100, 0.0, 0.5, 0.9, 100000.1, (), [], {},
+  "", 990 * "h", u"", 990 * u"h"
+]
+
+LIST_SIMPLE_OBJECTS = [[obj] for obj in BASE_SIMPLE_OBJECTS]
+TUPLE_SIMPLE_OBJECTS = [(obj,) for obj in BASE_SIMPLE_OBJECTS]
+DICT_SIMPLE_OBJECTS = [{(): obj} for obj in BASE_SIMPLE_OBJECTS]
+
+SIMPLE_OBJECTS = (BASE_SIMPLE_OBJECTS +
+                  LIST_SIMPLE_OBJECTS +
+                  TUPLE_SIMPLE_OBJECTS +
+                  DICT_SIMPLE_OBJECTS)
+
+# Create some complex objects that cannot be serialized by value in tasks.
+
+l = []
+l.append(l)
+
+class Foo(object):
+  def __init__(self):
+    pass
+
+BASE_COMPLEX_OBJECTS = [999 * "h", 999 * u"h", l, Foo(), 10 * [10 * [10 * [1]]]]
+
+LIST_COMPLEX_OBJECTS = [[obj] for obj in BASE_COMPLEX_OBJECTS]
+TUPLE_COMPLEX_OBJECTS = [(obj,) for obj in BASE_COMPLEX_OBJECTS]
+DICT_COMPLEX_OBJECTS = [{(): obj} for obj in BASE_COMPLEX_OBJECTS]
+
+COMPLEX_OBJECTS = (BASE_COMPLEX_OBJECTS +
+                   LIST_COMPLEX_OBJECTS +
+                   TUPLE_COMPLEX_OBJECTS +
+                   DICT_COMPLEX_OBJECTS)
+
+class TestPlasmaClient(unittest.TestCase):
+
+  def test_serialize_by_value(self):
+
+    for val in SIMPLE_OBJECTS:
+      self.assertTrue(common.check_simple_value(val))
+    for val in COMPLEX_OBJECTS:
+      self.assertFalse(common.check_simple_value(val))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  unittest.main(verbosity=2)