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+<?php
+include_once 'hammer.php';
+
+class LeftTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    protected $parser;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->parser = h_left(h_ch("a"), h_ch(" "));
+    }
+    public function testSuccess()
+    {
+        $result = h_parse($this->parser, "a ");
+        // TODO fix these tests when h_ch is fixed
+        $this->assertEquals(97, $result);
+    }
+    public function testFailure()
+    {
+        $result1 = h_parse($this->parser, "a");
+        $result2 = h_parse($this->parser, " ");
+        $result3 = h_parse($this->parser, "ab");
+        $this->assertEquals(NULL, $result1);
+        $this->assertEquals(NULL, $result2);
+        $this->assertEquals(NULL, $result3);
+    }
+}
+?>
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