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+# Testing the =item directive\r
+BEGIN {\r
+ if($ENV{PERL_CORE}) {\r
+ chdir 't';\r
+ @INC = '../lib';\r
+ }\r
+}\r
+\r
+use strict;\r
+use Test;\r
+BEGIN { plan tests => 4 };\r
+\r
+my $d;\r
+#use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$d,0);\r
+\r
+ok 1;\r
+\r
+use Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML;\r
+use Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream;\r
+print "# Pod::Simple version $Pod::Simple::VERSION\n";\r
+sub e ($$) { Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML->_duo(@_) }\r
+\r
+my $x = 'Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream';\r
+\r
+print "##### Tests for =item directives via class $x\n";\r
+\r
+$Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream::ATTR_PAD = ' ';\r
+$Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream::SORT_ATTRS = 1; # for predictably testable output\r
+\r
+\r
+print "#\n# Tests for =item [number] that are icky...\n";\r
+ok( $x->_out("\n=over\n\n=item 5\n\nStuff\n\n=cut\n\nCrunk\nZorp\n\n=item 4\n\nQuux\n\n=back\n\n"),\r
+ '<Document><over-text indent="4"><item-text>5</item-text><Para>Stuff</Para><item-text>4</item-text><Para>Quux</Para></over-text></Document>'\r
+);\r
+\r
+ok( $x->_out("\n=over\n\n=item 5.\n\nStuff\n\n=cut\n\nCrunk\nZorp\n\n=item 4.\n\nQuux\n\n=back\n\n"),\r
+ '<Document><over-text indent="4"><item-text>5.</item-text><Para>Stuff</Para><item-text>4.</item-text><Para>Quux</Para></over-text></Document>'\r
+);\r
+\r
+\r
+print "# Wrapping up... one for the road...\n";\r
+ok 1;\r
+print "# --- Done with ", __FILE__, " --- \n";\r
+\r