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#!./perl
# Test $/
print "1..41\n";
$test_count = 1;
$teststring = "1\n12\n123\n1234\n1234\n12345\n\n123456\n1234567\n";
$teststring2 = "1234567890123456789012345678901234567890";
# Create our test datafile
1 while unlink 'foo'; # in case junk left around
rmdir 'foo';
open TESTFILE, ">./foo" or die "error $! $^E opening";
binmode TESTFILE;
print TESTFILE $teststring;
close TESTFILE or die "error $! $^E closing";
$test_count_start = $test_count; # Needed to know how many tests to skip
open TESTFILE, "<./foo";
binmode TESTFILE;
test_string(*TESTFILE);
close TESTFILE;
unlink "./foo";
# try the record reading tests. New file so we don't have to worry about
# the size of \n.
open TESTFILE, ">./foo";
print TESTFILE $teststring2;
binmode TESTFILE;
close TESTFILE;
open TESTFILE, "<./foo";
binmode TESTFILE;
test_record(*TESTFILE);
close TESTFILE;
$test_count_end = $test_count; # Needed to know how many tests to skip
$/ = "\n";
my $note = "\$/ preserved when set to bad value";
# none of the setting of $/ to bad values should modify its value
test_bad_setting();
print +($/ ne "\n" ? "not " : "") .
"ok $test_count # \$/ preserved when set to bad value\n";
++$test_count;
# Now for the tricky bit--full record reading
if ($^O eq 'VMS') {
# Create a temp file. We jump through these hoops 'cause CREATE really
# doesn't like our methods for some reason.
open FDLFILE, "> ./foo.fdl";
print FDLFILE "RECORD\n FORMAT VARIABLE\n";
close FDLFILE;
open CREATEFILE, "> ./foo.com";
print CREATEFILE '$ DEFINE/USER SYS$INPUT NL:', "\n";
print CREATEFILE '$ DEFINE/USER SYS$OUTPUT NL:', "\n";
print CREATEFILE '$ OPEN YOW []FOO.BAR/WRITE', "\n";
print CREATEFILE '$ CLOSE YOW', "\n";
print CREATEFILE "\$EXIT\n";
close CREATEFILE;
$throwaway = `\@\[\]foo`, "\n";
open(TEMPFILE, ">./foo.bar") or print "# open failed $! $^E\n";
print TEMPFILE "foo\nfoobar\nbaz\n";
close TEMPFILE;
open TESTFILE, "<./foo.bar";
$/ = \10;
$bar = <TESTFILE>;
if ($bar eq "foo\n") {print "ok $test_count\n";} else {print "not ok $test_count\n";}
$test_count++;
$bar = <TESTFILE>;
if ($bar eq "foobar\n") {print "ok $test_count\n";} else {print "not ok $test_count\n";}
$test_count++;
# can we do a short read?
$/ = \2;
$bar = <TESTFILE>;
if ($bar eq "ba") {print "ok $test_count\n";} else {print "not ok $test_count\n";}
$test_count++;
# do we get the rest of the record?
$bar = <TESTFILE>;
if ($bar eq "z\n") {print "ok $test_count\n";} else {print "not ok $test_count\n";}
$test_count++;
close TESTFILE;
1 while unlink qw(foo.bar foo.com foo.fdl);
} else {
# Nobody else does this at the moment (well, maybe OS/390, but they can
# put their own tests in) so we just punt
foreach $test ($test_count..$test_count + 3) {
print "ok $test # skipped on non-VMS system\n";
$test_count++;
}
}
$/ = "\n";
# see if open/readline/close work on our and my variables
{
if (open our $T, "./foo") {
my $line = <$T>;
print "# $line\n";
length($line) == 40 or print "not ";
close $T or print "not ";
}
else {
print "not ";
}
print "ok $test_count # open/readline/close on our variable\n";
$test_count++;
}
{
if (open my $T, "./foo") {
my $line = <$T>;
print "# $line\n";
length($line) == 40 or print "not ";
close $T or print "not ";
}
else {
print "not ";
}
print "ok $test_count # open/readline/close on my variable\n";
$test_count++;
}
{
# If we do not include the lib directories, we may end up picking up a
# binary-incompatible previously-installed version. The eval won’t help in
# intercepting a SIGTRAP.
local @INC = ("../lib", "lib", @INC);
# Test if a file in memory behaves the same as a real file (= re-run the test with a file in memory)
open TESTFILE, "<", \$teststring;
test_string(*TESTFILE);
close TESTFILE;
open TESTFILE, "<", \$teststring2;
test_record(*TESTFILE);
close TESTFILE;
}
# Get rid of the temp file
END { unlink "./foo"; }
sub test_string {
*FH = shift;
# Check the default $/
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "1\n") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # default \$/\n";
$test_count++;
# explicitly set to \n
$/ = "\n";
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "12\n") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = \"\\n\"\n";
$test_count++;
# Try a non line terminator
$/ = 3;
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "123") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = 3\n";
$test_count++;
# Eat the line terminator
$/ = "\n";
$bar = <FH>;
# How about a larger terminator
$/ = "34";
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "1234") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = \"34\"\n";
$test_count++;
# Eat the line terminator
$/ = "\n";
$bar = <FH>;
# Does paragraph mode work?
$/ = '';
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "1234\n12345\n\n") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = ''\n";
$test_count++;
# Try slurping the rest of the file
$/ = undef;
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "123456\n1234567\n") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = undef\n";
$test_count++;
}
sub test_record {
*FH = shift;
# Test straight number
$/ = \2;
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "12") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = \\2\n";
$test_count++;
# Test stringified number
$/ = \"2";
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "34") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = \"2\"\n";
$test_count++;
# Integer variable
$foo = 2;
$/ = \$foo;
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "56") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = \\\$foo (\$foo = 2)\n";
$test_count++;
# String variable
$foo = "2";
$/ = \$foo;
$bar = <FH>;
if ($bar ne "78") {print "not ";}
print "ok $test_count # \$/ = \\\$foo (\$foo = \"2\")\n";
$test_count++;
}
sub test_bad_setting {
if (eval {$/ = \0; 1}) {
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\0; should die\n";
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\0; produced expected error message\n";
} else {
my $msg= $@ || "Zombie Error";
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\0; should die\n";
if ($msg!~m!Setting \$\/ to a reference to zero is forbidden!) {
print "not ";
}
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\0; produced expected error message\n";
}
if (eval {$/ = \-1; 1}) {
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\-1; should die\n";
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\-1; produced expected error message\n";
} else {
my $msg= $@ || "Zombie Error";
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\-1; should die\n";
if ($msg!~m!Setting \$\/ to a reference to a negative integer is forbidden!) {
print "not ";
}
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\-1; produced expected error message\n";
}
if (eval {$/ = []; 1}) {
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = []; should die\n";
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = []; produced expected error message\n";
} else {
my $msg= $@ || "Zombie Error";
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = []; should die\n";
if ($msg!~m!Setting \$\/ to an ARRAY reference is forbidden!) {
print "not ";
}
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = []; produced expected error message\n";
}
if (eval {$/ = {}; 1}) {
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = {}; should die\n";
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = {}; produced expected error message\n";
} else {
my $msg= $@ || "Zombie Error";
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = {}; should die\n";
if ($msg!~m!Setting \$\/ to a HASH reference is forbidden!) {print "not ";}
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = {}; produced expected error message\n";
}
if (eval {$/ = \\1; 1}) {
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\\\1; should die\n";
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\\\1; produced expected error message\n";
} else {
my $msg= $@ || "Zombie Error";
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\\\1; should die\n";
if ($msg!~m!Setting \$\/ to a REF reference is forbidden!) {print "not ";}
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\\\1; produced expected error message\n";
}
if (eval {$/ = qr/foo/; 1}) {
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = qr/foo/; should die\n";
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = qr/foo/; produced expected error message\n";
} else {
my $msg= $@ || "Zombie Error";
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = qr/foo/; should die\n";
if ($msg!~m!Setting \$\/ to a REGEXP reference is forbidden!) {print "not ";}
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = qr/foo/; produced expected error message\n";
}
if (eval {$/ = \*STDOUT; 1}) {
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\*STDOUT; should die\n";
print "not ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\*STDOUT; produced expected error message\n";
} else {
my $msg= $@ || "Zombie Error";
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\*STDOUT; should die\n";
if ($msg!~m!Setting \$\/ to a GLOB reference is forbidden!) {print "not ";}
print "ok ",$test_count++," # \$/ = \\*STDOUT; produced expected error message\n";
}
}