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+use Test::More tests => 4;
+
+use strict;
+use HTML::Parser ();
+
+my $p = HTML::Parser->new(api_version => 3);
+
+ok(!$p->handler("start"), "API version 3");
+
+my $failed;
+eval {
+ my $p = HTML::Parser->new(api_version => 4);
+ $failed++;
+};
+like($@, qr/^API version 4 not supported/);
+ok(!$failed, "API version 4");
+
+$p = HTML::Parser->new(api_version => 2);
+
+is($p->handler("start"), "start", "API version 2");
+
+