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+
+/* NOTE: this code was never being run. The same tests have been
+ migrated to standalone/test-gh.c */
+
+/* strings.c --- test the Guile C API's string handling functions
+ Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> --- August 1999 */
+
+#include <guile/gh.h>
+
+#include "testlib.h"
+
+static int
+string_equal (SCM str, char *lit)
+{
+ int len = strlen (lit);
+
+ return (SCM_LENGTH (str) == len
+ && ! memcmp (SCM_ROCHARS (str), lit, len));
+}
+
+void
+test_gh_set_substr ()
+{
+ test_context_t cx = test_enter_context ("gh_set_substr");
+ SCM string;
+
+ string = gh_str02scm ("Free, darnit!");
+ test_pass_if ("make a string", gh_string_p (string));
+
+ gh_set_substr ("dammit", string, 6, 6);
+ test_pass_if ("gh_set_substr from literal",
+ string_equal (string, "Free, dammit!"));
+
+ /* Make sure that we can use the string itself as a source.
+
+ I guess this behavior isn't really visible, since the GH API
+ doesn't provide any direct access to the string contents. But I
+ think it should, eventually. You can't write efficient string
+ code if you have to copy the string just to look at it. */
+
+ /* Copy a substring to an overlapping region to its right. */
+ gh_set_substr (SCM_CHARS (string), string, 4, 6);
+ test_pass_if ("gh_set_substr shifting right",
+ string_equal (string, "FreeFree, it!"));
+
+ string = gh_str02scm ("Free, darnit!");
+ test_pass_if ("make another string", gh_string_p (string));
+
+ /* Copy a substring to an overlapping region to its left. */
+ gh_set_substr (SCM_CHARS (string) + 6, string, 2, 6);
+ test_pass_if ("gh_set_substr shifting right",
+ string_equal (string, "Frdarnitrnit!"));
+
+ test_restore_context (cx);
+}
+
+void
+main_prog (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ test_context_t strings = test_enter_context ("strings.c");
+
+ test_gh_set_substr ();
+
+ test_restore_context (strings);
+
+ exit (test_summarize ());
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ gh_enter (argc, argv, main_prog);
+ return 0;
+}