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+#! /usr/bin/perl -Tw
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::Builder::Tester tests => 3;
+use Test::More;
+
+BEGIN { use_ok( 'Test::Exception' ) };
+
+sub works {return shift};
+sub dies { die 'oops' };
+
+my $filename = sub { return (caller)[1] }->();
+
+lives_and {is works(42), 42} 'lives_and, no_exception & success';
+
+test_out('not ok 1 - lives_and, no_exception & failure');
+test_fail(+3);
+test_err("# got: '42'");
+test_err("# expected: '24'");
+lives_and {is works(42), 24} 'lives_and, no_exception & failure';
+
+test_out('not ok 2 - lives_and, exception');
+test_fail(+2);
+test_err("# died: oops at $filename line 11.");
+lives_and {is dies(42), 42} 'lives_and, exception';
+
+test_out('ok 3 - The object isa Foo' );
+lives_and { isa_ok( bless({}, 'Foo'), 'Foo') };
+
+test_test('lives_and works');