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#!./perl
BEGIN {
chdir 't' if -d 't';
require './test.pl';
set_up_inc('../lib');
require Config;
}
use v5.36;
use feature 'class';
no warnings 'experimental::class';
# reader accessors
{
class Testcase1 {
field $s :reader = "the scalar";
field @a :reader = qw( the array );
# Present-but-empty parens counts as default
field %h :reader() = qw( the hash );
}
my $o = Testcase1->new;
is($o->s, "the scalar", '$o->s accessor');
ok(eq_array([$o->a], [qw( the array )]), '$o->a accessor');
ok(eq_hash({$o->h}, {qw( the hash )}), '$o->h accessor');
is(scalar $o->a, 2, '$o->a accessor in scalar context');
is(scalar $o->h, 1, '$o->h accessor in scalar context');
# Read accessor does not permit arguments
ok(!eval { $o->s("value") },
'Reader accessor fails with argument');
like($@, qr/^Too many arguments for subroutine \'Testcase1::s\' \(got 1; expected 0\) at /,
'Failure from argument to accessor');
}
# Alternative names
{
class Testcase2 {
field $f :reader(get_f) = "value";
}
is(Testcase2->new->get_f, "value", 'accessor with altered name');
ok(!eval { Testcase2->new->f },
'Accessor with altered name does not also generate original name');
like($@, qr/^Can't locate object method "f" via package "Testcase2" at /,
'Failure from lack of original name accessor');
}
done_testing;