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+#!perl -w
+
+print "1..6\n";
+
+use strict;
+use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
+
+my $a = Digest::MD5->new;
+$a->add("a");
+my $b = $a->clone;
+
+print "not " unless $b->clone->hexdigest eq md5_hex("a");
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+$a->add("a");
+print "not " unless $a->hexdigest eq md5_hex("aa");
+print "ok 2\n";
+
+print "not " unless $a->hexdigest eq md5_hex("");
+print "ok 3\n";
+
+$b->add("b");
+print "not " unless $b->clone->hexdigest eq md5_hex("ab");
+print "ok 4\n";
+
+$b->add("c");
+print "not " unless $b->clone->hexdigest eq md5_hex("abc");
+print "ok 5\n";
+
+# Test that cloning picks up the correct class for subclasses.
+{
+ package MD5;
+ @MD5::ISA = qw(Digest::MD5);
+}
+
+$a = MD5->new;
+$a->add("a");
+$b = $a->clone;
+
+print "not " unless ref($b) eq "MD5" && $b->add("b")->hexdigest eq md5_hex("ab");
+print "ok 6\n";