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+# Testing hardening fullstop spaces
+BEGIN {
+ if($ENV{PERL_CORE}) {
+ chdir 't';
+ @INC = '../lib';
+ }
+}
+
+use strict;
+use Test;
+BEGIN { plan tests => 11 };
+
+#use Pod::Simple::Debug (6);
+
+print "# Hi, I'm ", __FILE__, "\n";
+ok 1;
+
+use Pod::Simple;
+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", "", );
+
+die unless ok !! Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->can('fullstop_space_harden');
+sub harden { $_[0]->fullstop_space_harden(1) }
+
+print "# Test that \". \" always compacts without the hardening on...\n";
+
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\nShe set me a message about the M.D. I\ncalled back!\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Para>She set me a message about the M.D. I called back!</Para></Document>}
+);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\nShe set me a message about the M.D. I called back!\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Para>She set me a message about the M.D. I called back!</Para></Document>}
+);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out("\n=pod\n\nShe set me a message about the M.D.\nI called back!\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Para>She set me a message about the M.D. I called back!</Para></Document>}
+);
+
+
+print "# Now testing with the hardening on...\n";
+
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out(\&harden, "\n=pod\n\nShe set me a message about the M.D. I\ncalled back!\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Para>She set me a message about the M.D.  I called back!</Para></Document>}
+);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out(\&harden, "\n=pod\n\nShe set me a message about the M.D. I called back!\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Para>She set me a message about the M.D. I called back!</Para></Document>}
+);
+ok( Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream->_out(\&harden, "\n=pod\n\nShe set me a message about the M.D.\nI called back!\n"),
+ qq{<Document><Para>She set me a message about the M.D. I called back!</Para></Document>}
+);
+
+
+print "# Byebye\n";
+ok 1;
+