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-rwxr-xr-xtests/sort/Test.pm17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tests/sort/Test.pm b/tests/sort/Test.pm
index e331b6eb2..022c1ae04 100755
--- a/tests/sort/Test.pm
+++ b/tests/sort/Test.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package Test;
require 5.002;
use strict;
-# Tell head to accept old-style options like `-1'.
+# Tell sort to accept old-style options like `-1'.
$Test::env_default = ['_POSIX2_VERSION=199209'];
my @tv = (
@@ -162,15 +162,16 @@ my @tv = (
# key specifier when a key-specific option (`n' in this case) is used.
["18b", '-b -k1.1,1.2n', " 901\n100\n", " 901\n100\n", 0],
-# No change from above because the `b' on the key-end part of the
-# key specifier makes sort ignore only trailing blanks
-["18c", '-k1.1,1.2nb', " 901\n100\n", " 901\n100\n", 0],
+# Here we're comparing ` 90' and `10', because the `b' on the key-end specifier
+# makes sort ignore leading blanks when determining that key's *end*.
+["18c", '-k1.1,1.2nb', " 901\n100\n", "100\n 901\n", 0],
-# Here we're comparing `90' and `10', because the `b' on the key-start
-# specifier makes sort ignore *leading* blanks on that key.
-["18d", '-k1.1b,1.2n', " 901\n100\n", "100\n 901\n", 0],
+# Here we're comparing `9' and `10', because the `b' on the key-start specifier
+# makes sort ignore leading blanks when determining that key's *start*.
+["18d", '-k1.1b,1.2n', " 901\n100\n", " 901\n100\n", 0],
-# Equivalent to above, except it ignores both leading and trailing blanks.
+# This compares `90' and `10', as it ignores leading blanks for both
+# key start and key end.
["18e", '-nb -k1.1,1.2', " 901\n100\n", "100\n 901\n", 0],
# This looks odd, but works properly -- 2nd keyspec is never