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+! (c)2009 Joe Groff bsd license
+USING: alien.c-types alien.parser alien.syntax tools.test
+vocabs.parser ;
+IN: alien.parser.tests
+
+TYPEDEF: char char2
+
+[ int ] [ "int" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ { int 5 } ] [ "int[5]" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ { int 5 10 11 } ] [ "int[5][10][11]" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ void* ] [ "int*" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ void* ] [ "int**" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ void* ] [ "int***" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ void* ] [ "int****" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ char* ] [ "char*" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ void* ] [ "char**" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ void* ] [ "char***" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ void* ] [ "char****" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ char2 ] [ "char2" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+[ char* ] [ "char2*" parse-c-type ] unit-test
+
+SYMBOL: not-c-type
+
+[ "not-c-type" parse-c-type ] [ no-c-type? ] must-fail-with
+[ "not-word" parse-c-type ] [ no-word-error? ] must-fail-with
+