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+BEGIN {
+ if($ENV{PERL_CORE}) {
+ chdir 't';
+ @INC = '../lib';
+ }
+}
+
+use strict;
+use Test;
+BEGIN { plan tests => 6 };
+
+#my $d;
+#use Pod::Simple::Debug (3);
+
+ok 1;
+
+use Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML;
+use Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream;
+print "# Pod::Simple version $Pod::Simple::VERSION\n";
+sub e ($$) { Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML->_duo(@_) }
+
+my $x = 'Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream';
+
+print "##### Tests for '=item * Foo' tolerance via class $x\n";
+
+$Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream::ATTR_PAD = ' ';
+$Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream::SORT_ATTRS = 1; # for predictably testable output
+
+
+print "#\n# Tests for simple =item *'s\n";
+ok( $x->_out("\n=over\n\n=item * Stuff\n\n=item * Bar I<baz>!\n\n=back\n\n"),
+ '<Document><over-bullet indent="4"><item-bullet>Stuff</item-bullet><item-bullet>Bar <I>baz</I>!</item-bullet></over-bullet></Document>'
+);
+ok( $x->_out("\n=over\n\n=item * Stuff\n\n=cut\n\nStuff\n\n=item *\n\nBar I<baz>!\n\n=back\n\n"),
+ '<Document><over-bullet indent="4"><item-bullet>Stuff</item-bullet><item-bullet>Bar <I>baz</I>!</item-bullet></over-bullet></Document>'
+);
+ok( $x->_out("\n=over 10\n\n=item * Stuff\n\n=cut\n\nStuff\n\n=item *\n\nBar I<baz>!\n\n=back\n\n"),
+ '<Document><over-bullet indent="10"><item-bullet>Stuff</item-bullet><item-bullet>Bar <I>baz</I>!</item-bullet></over-bullet></Document>'
+);
+ok( $x->_out("\n=over\n\n=item * Stuff I<things\num> hoo!\n=cut\nStuff\n\n=item *\n\nBar I<baz>!\n\n=back"),
+ '<Document><over-bullet indent="4"><item-bullet>Stuff <I>things um</I> hoo!</item-bullet><item-bullet>Bar <I>baz</I>!</item-bullet></over-bullet></Document>'
+);
+
+
+
+
+print "# Wrapping up... one for the road...\n";
+ok 1;
+print "# --- Done with ", __FILE__, " --- \n";
+
+