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+;;;; srcprop.test --- test Guile source properties    -*- scheme -*-
+;;;;
+;;;; Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;;
+;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+;;;; License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+;;;; version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+;;;; 
+;;;; This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;;;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+;;;; Lesser General Public License for more details.
+;;;; 
+;;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+;;;; License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+;;;; Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+(define-module (test-suite test-srcprop)
+  :use-module (test-suite lib))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; source-properties
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "source-properties"
+  
+  (pass-if "no props"
+    (null? (source-properties (list 1 2 3))))
+  
+  (read-enable 'positions)
+  (let ((s (read (open-input-string "(1 . 2)"))))
+    
+    (pass-if "read properties"
+      (not (null? (source-properties s))))))
+
+;;;
+;;; set-source-properties!
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "set-source-properties!"
+  (read-enable 'positions)
+  (let ((s (read (open-input-string "(1 . 2)"))))
+    
+    (with-test-prefix "copied props"
+      (pass-if "visible to source-property"
+	(let ((t (cons 3 4)))
+	  (set-source-properties! t (source-properties s))
+	  (number? (source-property t 'line))))
+      
+      (pass-if "visible to source-properties"
+	(let ((t (cons 3 4)))
+	  (set-source-properties! t (source-properties s))
+	  (not (null? (source-properties t))))))))