add tests for explicit backslash zero as argument to list command

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 78710d9..a0e4f09 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-02-11  Mo DeJong  <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* tests/list.test: Add tests for explicit \0 in
+	a string argument to the list command.
+
 2010-02-11  Donal K. Fellows  <dkf@users.sf.net>
 
 	* generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_OpenObjCmd): [Bug 2949740]: Make sure that
diff --git a/tests/list.test b/tests/list.test
index 01dc060..0dd2d73 100644
--- a/tests/list.test
+++ b/tests/list.test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 # of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 #
-# RCS: @(#) $Id: list.test,v 1.7 2003/07/24 16:05:24 dgp Exp $
+# RCS: @(#) $Id: list.test,v 1.8 2010/02/12 03:21:32 mdejong Exp $
 
 if {[lsearch [namespace children] ::tcltest] == -1} {
     package require tcltest
@@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ test list-1.23 {basic tests} {list \{} "\\{"
 test list-1.24 {basic tests} {list} {}
 test list-1.25 {basic tests} {list # #} {{#} #}
 test list-1.26 {basic tests} {list #\{ #\{} {\#\{ #\{}
+test list-1.27 {basic null treatment} {
+    set l [list "" "\0" "\0\0"]
+    set e "{} \0 \0\0"
+    string equal $l $e
+} 1
+test list-1.28 {basic null treatment} {
+    set result "\0a\0b"
+    list $result [string length $result]
+} "\0a\0b 4"
+test list-1.29 {basic null treatment} {
+    set result "\0a\0b"
+    set srep "$result 4"
+    set lrep [list $result [string length $result]]
+    string equal $srep $lrep
+} 1
+test list-1.30 {basic null treatment} {
+    set l [list "\0abc" "xyz"]
+    set e "\0abc xyz"
+    string equal $l $e
+} 1
 
 # For the next round of tests create a list and then pick it apart
 # with "index" to make sure that we get back exactly what went in.