+#!./perl
+
+#
+# test method calls and autoloading.
+#
+
+print "1..18\n";
+
+@A::ISA = 'B';
+@B::ISA = 'C';
+
+sub C::d {"C::d"}
+sub D::d {"D::d"}
+
+my $cnt = 0;
+sub test {
+ print "# got `$_[0]', expected `$_[1]'\nnot " unless $_[0] eq $_[1];
+ # print "not " unless shift eq shift;
+ print "ok ", ++$cnt, "\n"
+}
+
+test( A->d, "C::d"); # Update hash table;
+
+*B::d = \&D::d; # Import now.
+test (A->d, "D::d"); # Update hash table;
+
+eval 'sub B::d {"B::d1"}'; # Import now.
+test (A->d, "B::d1"); # Update hash table;
+
+undef &B::d; # Should work without any help too
+test (A->d, "C::d");
+
+eval 'sub B::d {"B::d2"}'; # Import now.
+test (A->d, "B::d2"); # Update hash table;
+
+# What follows is hardly guarantied to work, since the names in scripts
+# are already linked to "pruned" globs. Say, `undef &B::d' if it were
+# after `delete $B::{d}; sub B::d {}' would reach an old subroutine.
+
+undef &B::d;
+delete $B::{d};
+test (A->d, "C::d"); # Update hash table;
+
+eval 'sub B::d {"B::d3"}'; # Import now.
+test (A->d, "B::d3"); # Update hash table;
+
+delete $B::{d};
+*dummy::dummy = sub {}; # Mark as updated
+test (A->d, "C::d");
+
+eval 'sub B::d {"B::d4"}'; # Import now.
+test (A->d, "B::d4"); # Update hash table;
+
+delete $B::{d}; # Should work without any help too
+test (A->d, "C::d");
+
+eval <<'EOF';
+sub C::e;
+sub Y::f;
+$counter = 0;
+
+@X::ISA = 'Y';
+@Y::ISA = 'B';
+
+sub B::AUTOLOAD {
+ my $c = ++$counter;
+ my $method = $B::AUTOLOAD;
+ *$B::AUTOLOAD = sub { "B: In $method, $c" };
+ goto &$B::AUTOLOAD;
+}
+sub C::AUTOLOAD {
+ my $c = ++$counter;
+ my $method = $C::AUTOLOAD;
+ *$C::AUTOLOAD = sub { "C: In $method, $c" };
+ goto &$C::AUTOLOAD;
+}
+EOF
+
+test(A->e(), "C: In C::e, 1"); # We get a correct autoload
+test(A->e(), "C: In C::e, 1"); # Which sticks
+
+test(A->ee(), "B: In A::ee, 2"); # We get a generic autoload, method in top
+test(A->ee(), "B: In A::ee, 2"); # Which sticks
+
+test(Y->f(), "B: In Y::f, 3"); # We vivify a correct method
+test(Y->f(), "B: In Y::f, 3"); # Which sticks
+
+# This test is not intended to be reasonable. It is here just to let you
+# know that you broke some old construction. Feel free to rewrite the test
+# if your patch breaks it.
+
+*B::AUTOLOAD = sub {
+ my $c = ++$counter;
+ my $method = $main::__ANON__;
+ *$main::__ANON__ = sub { "new B: In $method, $c" };
+ goto &$main::__ANON__;
+};
+
+test(A->eee(), "new B: In A::eee, 4"); # We get a correct $autoload
+test(A->eee(), "new B: In A::eee, 4"); # Which sticks