fix test after rebase, fix typos in readme

test/11_before_test/test/spam_test.py

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+import sys
+import os
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+
+class TestBeforeTest(TestCase):
+    def test_version(self):
+        # assert that the Python version as written to pythonversion.txt in the CIBW_BEFORE_TEST step
+        # is the same one as is currently running.
+        # because of use symlinks in MacOS run this test is also need
+        version_file = 'c:\\pythonversion.txt' if sys.platform == 'win32' else '/tmp/pythonversion.txt'
+        with open(version_file) as f:
+            stored_version = f.read()
+        print('stored_version', stored_version)
+        print('sys.version', sys.version)
+        assert stored_version == sys.version
+
+    def test_executable(self):
+        # check that the executable also was written
+        executable_file = 'c:\\pythonexecutable.txt' if sys.platform == 'win32' else '/tmp/pythonexecutable.txt'
+        with open(executable_file) as f:
+            stored_executable = f.read()
+        print('stored_executable', stored_executable)
+        print('sys.executable', sys.executable)
+        #  Works around path-comparison bugs caused by short-paths on Windows e.g.
+        #  vssadm~1 instead of vssadministrator
+
+        assert os.stat(stored_executable) == os.stat(sys.executable)