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+# Testing verbatim sections
+use strict;
+use Test;
+BEGIN { plan tests => 31 };
+
+#use Pod::Simple::Debug (6);
+
+ok 1;
+
+use Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML;
+use Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream;
+print "# Pod::Simple version $Pod::Simple::VERSION\n";
+sub e ($$) { Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML->_duo(@_) }
+
+&ok( e "", "" );
+&ok( e "\n", "", );
+
+
+
+
+&ok( e "\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz", "\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz" );
+&ok( e "\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz", "\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n" );
+
+
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Verbatim\nxml:space="preserve"> foo bar baz</Verbatim></Document>}
+);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n quux\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Verbatim\nxml:space="preserve"> foo bar baz\n quux</Verbatim></Document>}
+);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\nquux\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Verbatim\nxml:space="preserve"> foo bar baz\nquux</Verbatim></Document>}
+);
+
+print "# Contiguous verbatims...\n";
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n quux\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Verbatim\nxml:space="preserve"> foo bar baz\n\n quux</Verbatim></Document>}
+);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n\n quux\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Verbatim\nxml:space="preserve"> foo bar baz\n\n\n quux</Verbatim></Document>}
+);
+
+print "# Testing =cut...\n";
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n=cut\n quux\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Verbatim\nxml:space="preserve"> foo bar baz</Verbatim></Document>}
+);
+
+
+# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+
+{
+my $it =
+qq{<Document><Verbatim\nxml:space="preserve"> foo bar baz</Verbatim><head1>Foo</head1><Verbatim\nxml:space="preserve"> quux\nquum</Verbatim></Document>}
+;
+
+
+print "# Various \\n-(in)significance sanity checks...\n";
+
+print "# verbatim/cut/head/verbatim sanity zero...\n";
+
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n=cut\nsome code here...\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n=cut\nsome code here...\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+
+print "# verbatim/cut/head/verbatim sanity one...\n";
+
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n=cut\n\nsome code here...\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n=cut\nsome code here...\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n=cut\n\nsome code here...\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+
+print "# verbatim/cut/head/verbatim sanity two...\n";
+
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n=cut\n\nsome code here...\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n=cut\nsome code here...\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n=cut\n\n\nsome code here...\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+
+print "# verbatim/cut/head/verbatim sanity three...\n";
+
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n=cut\n\nsome code here...\n\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n=cut\nsome code here...\n\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n=cut\n\nsome code here...\n\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+
+print "# verbatim/cut/head/verbatim sanity four...\n";
+
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n\n\n\n=cut\n\nsome code here...\n\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n\n\n\n\n=cut\nsome code here...\n\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\n foo bar baz\n\n\n\n\n\n=cut\n\nsome code here...\n\n\n=head1 Foo\n\n quux\nquum\n"), $it);
+
+}
+
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+print "# Testing tab expansion...\n";
+
+&ok( e
+q{=pod
+
+ here we go now
+a
+ b
+ c
+ d
+ e
+ f
+ g
+ h
+ i
+ j
+ k
+ l
+ m
+ n
+ o
+ p
+ q
+ r
+ s
+ t
+ u
+ v
+ w
+ x
+ y
+ z
+},
+q{=pod
+
+ here we go now
+a
+ b
+ c
+ d
+ e
+ f
+ g
+ h
+ i
+ j
+ k
+ l
+ m
+ n
+ o
+ p
+ q
+ r
+ s
+ t
+ u
+ v
+ w
+ x
+ y
+ z
+},
+);
+
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+&ok( e
+q{=pod
+
+ here we go now
+a
+.b
+. c
+. d
+. e
+. f
+. g
+. h
+. i
+. j
+. k
+. l
+. m
+. n
+. o
+. p
+. q
+. r
+. s
+. t
+. u
+. v
+. w
+. x
+. y
+. z
+},
+q{=pod
+
+ here we go now
+a
+.b
+. c
+. d
+. e
+. f
+. g
+. h
+. i
+. j
+. k
+. l
+. m
+. n
+. o
+. p
+. q
+. r
+. s
+. t
+. u
+. v
+. w
+. x
+. y
+. z
+},
+);
+
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+&ok( e
+q{=pod
+
+ here we go now
+a
+.b
+..c
+.. d
+.. e
+.. f
+.. g
+.. h
+.. i
+.. j
+.. k
+.. l
+.. m
+.. n
+.. o
+.. p
+.. q
+.. r
+.. s
+.. t
+.. u
+.. v
+.. w
+.. x
+.. y
+.. z
+},
+q{=pod
+
+ here we go now
+a
+.b
+..c
+.. d
+.. e
+.. f
+.. g
+.. h
+.. i
+.. j
+.. k
+.. l
+.. m
+.. n
+.. o
+.. p
+.. q
+.. r
+.. s
+.. t
+.. u
+.. v
+.. w
+.. x
+.. y
+.. z
+},
+);
+
+
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+&ok( e
+q{=pod
+
+ here we go now
+a
+.b
+..c
+.. d
+.. e
+.. f
+.. g
+.. h
+.. i
+.. .j
+.. . k
+.. . l
+.. . m
+.. . n
+.. . o
+.. . p
+.. . q
+.. . r
+.. . s
+.. . t
+.. . u
+.. . v
+.. . w
+.. . x
+.. . y
+.. . z
+},
+q{=pod
+
+ here we go now
+a
+.b
+..c
+.. d
+.. e
+.. f
+.. g
+.. h
+.. i
+.. .j
+.. . k
+.. . l
+.. . m
+.. . n
+.. . o
+.. . p
+.. . q
+.. . r
+.. . s
+.. . t
+.. . u
+.. . v
+.. . w
+.. . x
+.. . y
+.. . z
+},
+);
+
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+# TODO: long-line splitting?
+
+
+print "# Wrapping up... one for the road...\n";
+ok 1;
+print "# --- Done with ", __FILE__, " --- \n";
+
+