def write_table(self, d):
        """Write out a Python dictionary made of up string keys, and values
        that are strings, signed integers, Decimal, datetime.datetime, or
        sub-dictionaries following the same constraints."""
        self._flushbits()
        table_data = AMQPWriter()
        for k, v in items(d):
            table_data.write_shortstr(k)
            table_data.write_item(v, k)
        table_data = table_data.getvalue()
        self.write_long(len(table_data))
        self.out.write(table_data)
Write out a Python dictionary made of up string keys, and values
        that are strings, signed integers, Decimal, datetime.datetime, or
        sub-dictionaries following the same constraints.