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+#!perl -Tw
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+
+use constant NONEXISTENT => 'http://blahblablah.xx-nonexistent.';
+
+BEGIN {
+ if (gethostbyname('blahblahblah.xx-nonexistent.')) {
+ plan skip_all => 'Found an A record for the non-existent domain';
+ }
+}
+
+BEGIN {
+ eval 'use Test::Exception';
+ plan skip_all => 'Test::Exception required to test autocheck' if $@;
+ plan tests => 5;
+}
+
+BEGIN { delete @ENV{ qw( http_proxy HTTP_PROXY ) }; }
+BEGIN {
+ use_ok( 'WWW::Mechanize' );
+}
+
+AUTOCHECK_OFF: {
+ my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new;
+ isa_ok( $mech, 'WWW::Mechanize' );
+
+ $mech->get( NONEXISTENT );
+ ok( !$mech->success, q{Didn't fetch, but didn't die, either} );
+}
+
+AUTOCHECK_ON: {
+ my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 );
+ isa_ok( $mech, 'WWW::Mechanize' );
+
+ dies_ok {
+ $mech->get( NONEXISTENT );
+ } 'Mech would die 4 u';
+}