--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test_lookup_list.py	Thu Jun 05 14:14:51 2008 -0400
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+from lookup_list import *
+def have_raised(to_eval, **var):
+    have_thrown = False
+    try:
+        eval(to_eval)
+    except :
+        have_thrown = True
+    return have_thrown
+
+def have_raised2(f, *args, **kwargs):
+    have_thrown = False
+    try:
+        f(*args, **kwargs)
+    except :
+        have_thrown = True
+    return have_thrown
+
+
+def test_LookupList():
+    #test only the example in the doc???
+    print "test_LookupList"
+    example = LookupList(['x','y','z'],[1,2,3])
+    example['x'] = [1, 2, 3] # set or change a field
+    x, y, z = example
+    x = example[0]
+    x = example["x"]
+    assert example.keys()==['x','y','z']
+    assert example.values()==[[1,2,3],2,3]
+    assert example.items()==[('x',[1,2,3]),('y',2),('z',3)]
+    example.append_keyval('u',0) # adds item with name 'u' and value 0
+    assert len(example)==4 # number of items = 4 here
+    example2 = LookupList(['v','w'], ['a','b'])
+    example3 = LookupList(['x','y','z','u','v','w'], [[1, 2, 3],2,3,0,'a','b'])
+    assert example+example2==example3
+    assert have_raised("var['x']+var['x']",x=example)
+
+    del example, example2, example3, x, y ,z
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    test_LookupList()