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+#~ Copyright 2006 Rene Rivera.
+#~ Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+#~ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+ECHO --- Testing var expansion... ;
+
+local p0 = name ;
+local p1 = dir/name ;
+local p2 = dir/sub/name ;
+
+assert name : (==) : $(p0:D=) ;
+assert name : (==) : $(p1:D=) ;
+assert name : (==) : $(p2:D=) ;
+assert "" : (==) : $(p0:D) ;
+assert dir : (==) : $(p1:D) ;
+assert dir/sub : (==) : $(p2:D) ;
+assert "" : (==) : $(p0:S) ;
+assert ($(p0)) : (==) : [ MATCH ^@(.*) : "@($(p0))" ] ;
+assert ($(p0)) : (==) : [ MATCH @(.*) : "--@($(p0))" ] ;