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+use v6;
+use Test;
+plan *;
+
+# XXX I'm not very confident in my reading of S04, so give a suspicious eye
+#     to these tests before using them.
+
+# L<S04/Exceptions/"internal list of unhandled exceptions">
+
+{
+    try { die 'OMG' }
+    ok $! ~~ Exception, '$! has an exception';
+    #?rakudo 2 skip '$!.pending'
+    ok $!.pending ~~ List, '$!.pending returns a List';
+    is $!.pending, (), '$! there are no exceptions pending';
+
+    undefine $!;
+    ok ! $!, '$! has been cleared';
+}
+
+sub fail_it { fail $^a }
+
+# L<S04/Exceptions/"test a Failure for .defined or .true">
+
+{
+    my @fails = ( fail_it(1), fail_it(2), fail_it(3), fail_it(4) );
+
+    ok all(@fails) ~~ Failure, '@fails is full of fail';
+    ok $! !~~ Exception, 'fails do not enter $!';
+    #?rakudo 11 skip '$!.pending'
+    is +($!.pending.grep( ! *.handled )), 4,
+       '$!.pending has three unhandled exceptions';
+
+    ok ! @fails[0].handled, 'fail 0 is not handled';
+    ok ! @fails[0].true,    'fail 0 is not true';
+    ok   @fails[0].handled, 'fail 0 is now handled';
+
+    ok ! @fails[1].handled, 'fail 1 is not handled';
+    ok ! @fails[1].defined, 'fail 1 is not defined';
+    ok   @fails[1].handled, 'fail 1 is now handled';
+
+# L<S04/Exceptions/"The .handled method is rw">
+
+    ok ! @fails[2].handled, 'fail 2 is not handled';
+    lives_ok { @fails[2].handled = 1 }, 'assign to .handled';
+    ok   @fails[2].handled, 'fail 2 is now handled';
+
+    is +($!.pending.grep( ! *.handled )), 1,
+       '$!.pending has one unhandled exception';
+
+    undefine $!;
+    ok ! $!, '$! has been cleared';
+}
+
+# L<S04/Exceptions/"At scope exit,">
+
+{
+    my $fails_thrown = 0;
+    {
+        my @throwable = ( fail_it(1), fail_it(2), fail_it(3) );
+        @throwable[1].handled = 1;
+        CATCH {
+            default {
+                $fails_thrown += +($!.pending);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    is $fails_thrown, 2, 'unhandled Failures in $! at block exit are thrown';
+
+    undefine $!;
+    ok ! $!, '$! has been cleared';
+}
+
+# L<S04/Exceptions/"an Object method, not a Failure method">
+
+{
+    my $win = Object.new;
+    #?rakudo skip '$object.handled'
+    ok $win.handled, '.handled method is true for all Objects';
+}
+
+done_testing;
+
+# vim: ft=perl6