1 files changed, 58 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tio.nim b/tests/stdlib/tio.nim
index ebf2d70f3..80a119763 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/tio.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tio.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,60 @@
-# test the file-IO
+discard """
+  matrix: "--mm:refc; --mm:orc"
+"""
 
-proc main() =
-  for line in lines("thello.nim"):
-    writeLine(stdout, line)
+# xxx move to here other tests that belong here; io is a proper module
 
-main()
+import std/os
+from stdtest/specialpaths import buildDir
+import std/[assertions, syncio]
+
+block: # readChars
+  let file = buildDir / "D20201118T205105.txt"
+  let s = "he\0l\0lo"
+  writeFile(file, s)
+  defer: removeFile(file)
+  let f = open(file)
+  defer: close(f)
+  let n = f.getFileInfo.blockSize
+  var buf = newString(n)
+  template fn =
+    let n2 = f.readChars(buf)
+    doAssert n2 == s.len
+    doAssert buf[0..<n2] == s
+  fn()
+  setFilePos(f, 0)
+  fn()
+
+  block:
+    setFilePos(f, 0)
+    var s2: string
+    let nSmall = 2
+    for ai in buf.mitems: ai = '\0'
+    var n2s: seq[int]
+    while true:
+      let n2 = f.readChars(toOpenArray(buf, 0, nSmall-1))
+      # xxx: maybe we could support: toOpenArray(buf, 0..nSmall)
+      n2s.add n2
+      s2.add buf[0..<n2]
+      if n2 == 0:
+        break
+    doAssert n2s == @[2,2,2,1,0]
+    doAssert s2 == s
+
+
+import std/strutils
+
+block: # bug #21273
+  let FILE = buildDir / "D20220119T134305.txt"
+
+  let hex = "313632313920313632343720313632353920313632363020313632393020323035363520323037323120323131353020323239393820323331303520323332313020323332343820323332363820"
+
+
+  writeFile FILE, parseHexStr(hex)
+
+  doAssert readFile(FILE).toHex == hex
+
+  let f = open(FILE)
+  var s = newString(80)
+  while f.readLine(s):
+    doAssert s.toHex == hex