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#!./perl
use strict;
BEGIN {
unless (-d 'blib') {
chdir 't' if -d 't';
}
require q(./test.pl);
set_up_inc('../lib');
}
plan(tests => 7);
{
package BaseTest;
use strict;
use warnings;
use mro 'c3';
package OverloadingTest;
use strict;
use warnings;
use mro 'c3';
use base 'BaseTest';
use overload '""' => sub { ref(shift) . " stringified" },
fallback => 1;
sub new { bless {} => shift }
use strict;
use warnings;
use mro 'c3';
}
my $x = InheritingFromOverloadedTest->new();
object_ok($x, 'InheritingFromOverloadedTest');
my $y = OverloadingTest->new();
object_ok($y, 'OverloadingTest');
is("$x", 'InheritingFromOverloadedTest stringified', '... got the right value when stringifing');
is("$y", 'OverloadingTest stringified', '... got the right value when stringifing');
ok(($y eq 'OverloadingTest stringified'), '... eq was handled correctly');
my $result;
eval {
$result = $x eq 'InheritingFromOverloadedTest stringified'
};
ok(!$@, '... this should not throw an exception');
ok($result, '... and we should get the true value');