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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+#
+from refstack import app as base_app
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestSequenceFunctions(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.app = base_app.create_app().test_client()
+
+    def test_nothing(self):
+        # make sure the shuffled sequence does not lose any elements
+        pass
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()