test improved handling of unknown**

wlav · Oct 18, 2017 · 2d094d7 · 2d094d7
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diff --git a/test/fragile.h b/test/fragile.h
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ class D {
     void overload(int, no_such_class* p = 0) {}
 };
 
+
+static const int dummy_location = 0xdead;
+
 class E {
 public:
-    E() : m_pp_no_such(0), m_pp_a(0) {}
+    E() : m_pp_no_such((no_such_class**)&dummy_location), m_pp_a(0) {}
 
     virtual int check() { return (int)'E'; }
     void overload(no_such_class**) {}

diff --git a/test/test_fragile.py b/test/test_fragile.py
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ def test04_unsupported_arguments(self):
 
         e = fragile.E()
         raises(TypeError, e.overload, None)
-        raises(TypeError, getattr, e, 'm_pp_no_such')
+        # allowing access to e.m_pp_no_such is debatable, but it provides a raw pointer
+        # which may be useful ...
+        assert e.m_pp_no_such[0] == 0xdead
 
     def test05_wrong_arg_addressof(self):
         """Test addressof() error reporting"""