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+;;;; symbols.test --- test suite for Guile's symbols -*- scheme -*-
+;;;;
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+;;;;
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+
+(define-module (test-suite test-symbols)
+ #:use-module (test-suite lib)
+ #:use-module (ice-9 documentation))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; miscellaneous
+;;;
+
+(define exception:immutable-string
+ (cons 'misc-error "^string is read-only"))
+
+(define (documented? object)
+ (not (not (object-documentation object))))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; symbol?
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "symbol?"
+
+ (pass-if "documented?"
+ (documented? symbol?))
+
+ (pass-if "string"
+ (not (symbol? "foo")))
+
+ (pass-if "symbol"
+ (symbol? 'foo)))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; symbol->string
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "symbol->string"
+
+ (pass-if-exception "result is an immutable string"
+ exception:immutable-string
+ (string-set! (symbol->string 'abc) 1 #\space)))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; gensym
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "gensym"
+
+ (pass-if "documented?"
+ (documented? gensym))
+
+ (pass-if "produces a symbol"
+ (symbol? (gensym)))
+
+ (pass-if "produces a fresh symbol"
+ (not (eq? (gensym) (gensym))))
+
+ (pass-if "accepts a string prefix"
+ (symbol? (gensym "foo")))
+
+ (pass-if-exception "does not accept a symbol prefix"
+ exception:wrong-type-arg
+ (gensym 'foo))
+
+ (pass-if "accepts long prefices"
+ (symbol? (gensym (make-string 4000 #\!))))
+
+ (pass-if "accepts embedded NULs"
+ (> (string-length (symbol->string (gensym "foo\0bar\0braz\0foo\0bar\0braz\0foo\0bar\0braz\0foo\0bar\0braz\0foo\0bar\0braz\0foo\0bar\0braz\0"))) 6)))
+