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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# check that simple requiring BigRat works
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+
+BEGIN
+ {
+ $| = 1;
+ # to locate the testing files
+ my $location = $0; $location =~ s/requirer.t//i;
+ if ($ENV{PERL_CORE})
+ {
+ # testing with the core distribution
+ @INC = qw(../t/lib);
+ }
+ unshift @INC, qw(../lib); # to locate the modules
+ if (-d 't')
+ {
+ chdir 't';
+ require File::Spec;
+ unshift @INC, File::Spec->catdir(File::Spec->updir, $location);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ unshift @INC, $location;
+ }
+ print "# INC = @INC\n";
+
+ plan tests => 1;
+ }
+
+my ($x);
+
+require Math::BigRat; $x = Math::BigRat->new(1); ++$x;
+
+is ($x, 2, '$x got successfully modified');
+
+# all tests done
+