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+// 2001-02-26 Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+// Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
+// Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+//
+// This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library. This library is free
+// software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+// terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+// Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+// any later version.
+
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this library; see the file COPYING3. If not see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+// 19.1 Exception classes
+
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <testsuite_hooks.h>
+
+// libstdc++/1972
+void test01()
+{
+ bool test __attribute__((unused)) = true;
+ std::string s("lack of sunlight, no water error");
+
+ // 1
+ std::logic_error obj1 = std::logic_error(s);
+
+ // 2
+ std::logic_error obj2(s);
+
+ VERIFY( std::strcmp(obj1.what(), s.data()) == 0 );
+ VERIFY( std::strcmp(obj2.what(), s.data()) == 0 );
+}
+
+void test02()
+{
+ bool test __attribute__((unused)) = true;
+ std::string s("lack of sunlight error");
+ std::domain_error x(s);
+
+ VERIFY( std::strcmp(x.what(), s.data()) == 0 );
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ test01();
+ test02();
+ return 0;
+}