my $out = tie *STDOUT, 'FakeOut';
-Config::config_vars('cc');
+Config::config_vars('cc'); # non-regex test of essential cfg-var
my $out1 = $$out;
$out->clear;
-Config::config_vars('d_bork');
+Config::config_vars('d_bork'); # non-regex, non-existent cfg-var
my $out2 = $$out;
$out->clear;
-Config::config_vars('PERL_API_.*');
+Config::config_vars('PERL_API_.*'); # regex, tagged multi-line answer
my $out3 = $$out;
$out->clear;
-Config::config_vars(':PERL_API_.*:');
+Config::config_vars('PERL_API_.*:'); # regex, tagged single-line answer
my $out4 = $$out;
$out->clear;
-Config::config_vars(':PERL_API_REVISION:');
+Config::config_vars(':PERL_API_.*:'); # regex, non-tagged single-line answer
my $out5 = $$out;
$out->clear;
-Config::config_vars('?flags');
+Config::config_vars(':PERL_API_.*'); # regex, non-tagged multi-line answer
my $out6 = $$out;
$out->clear;
+Config::config_vars('PERL_API_REVISION.*:'); # regex, tagged
+my $out7 = $$out;
+$out->clear;
+
+Config::config_vars(':PERL_API_REVISION.*'); # regex, non-tagged multi-line answer
+my $out8 = $$out;
+$out->clear;
+
+Config::config_vars('PERL_EXPENSIVE_.*:'); # non-matching regex
+my $out9 = $$out;
+$out->clear;
+
+Config::config_vars('?flags'); # bogus regex, no explicit warning !
+my $out10 = $$out;
+$out->clear;
+
untie *STDOUT;
-like($out1, qr/^cc='\Q$Config{cc}\E';/, "config_vars cc");
-like($out2, qr/^d_bork='UNKNOWN';/, "config_vars d_bork is UNKNOWN");
-
-is(3, scalar split(/\n/, $out3), "3 PERL_API vars found");
-my @api = $out3 =~ /^PERL_API_(\w+)=(.*);/mg;
-is("'5'", $api[1], "1st is 5");
-is("'9'", $api[5], "2nd is 9");
-is("'1'", $api[3], "3rd is 1");
-@api = split(/ /, $out4);
-is(3, @api, "trailing colon puts 3 terms on same line");
-unlike($out4, qr/=/, "leading colon suppresses param names");
-is("'5'", $api[0], "revision is 5");
-is("'9'", $api[2], "version is 9");
-is("'1'", $api[1], "subversion is 1");
-
-is("'5' ", $out5, "leading and trailing colons return just the value");
-
-like($out6, qr/\bnot\s+found\b/, "config_vars with invalid regexp");
+
+like($out1, qr/^cc='\Q$Config{cc}\E';/, "found config_var cc");
+like($out2, qr/^d_bork='UNKNOWN';/, "config_var d_bork is UNKNOWN");
+
+# test for leading, trailing colon effects
+is(scalar split(/;\n/, $out3), 3, "3 lines found");
+is(scalar split(/;\n/, $out6), 3, "3 lines found");
+
+is($out4 =~ /(;\n)/s, '', "trailing colon gives 1-line response: $out4");
+is($out5 =~ /(;\n)/s, '', "trailing colon gives 1-line response: $out5");
+
+is(scalar split(/=/, $out3), 4, "found 'tag='");
+is(scalar split(/=/, $out4), 4, "found 'tag='");
+
+my @api;
+
+my @rev = @Config{qw(PERL_API_REVISION PERL_API_VERSION PERL_API_SUBVERSION)};
+
+print ("# test tagged responses, multi-line and single-line\n");
+foreach $api ($out3, $out4) {
+ @api = $api =~ /PERL_API_(\w+)=(.*?)(?:;\n|\s)/mg;
+ is($api[0], "REVISION", "REVISION tag");
+ is($api[4], "VERSION", "VERSION tag");
+ is($api[2], "SUBVERSION", "SUBVERSION tag");
+ is($api[1], "'$rev[0]'", "REVISION is $rev[0]");
+ is($api[5], "'$rev[1]'", "VERSION is $rev[1]");
+ is($api[3], "'$rev[2]'", "SUBVERSION is $rev[2]");
+}
+
+print("# test non-tagged responses, multi-line and single-line\n");
+foreach $api ($out5, $out6) {
+ @api = split /(?: |;\n)/, $api;
+ is($api[0], "'$rev[0]'", "revision is $rev[0]");
+ is($api[2], "'$rev[1]'", "version is $rev[1]");
+ is($api[1], "'$rev[2]'", "subversion is $rev[2]");
+}
+
+# compare to each other, the outputs for trailing, leading colon
+$out7 =~ s/ $//;
+is("$out7;\n", "PERL_API_REVISION=$out8", "got expected diffs");
+
+like($out9, qr/\bnot\s+found\b/, "$out9 - perl is FREE !");
+like($out10, qr/\bnot\s+found\b/, "config_vars with invalid regexp");
# Read-only.