From 43019a63ee4e47bd3e1e331d85934b3f4d19ba93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 02:31:42 +0000
Subject: Using an undefined string or macro will cause it to be defined as
 empty. Observed by Werner Lemberg on Nov 14, 2011 and rotting on my TODO list
 ever since.

---
 regress/roff/string/undef.in | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 regress/roff/string/undef.in

(limited to 'regress/roff/string/undef.in')

diff --git a/regress/roff/string/undef.in b/regress/roff/string/undef.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d84a67c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/roff/string/undef.in
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: std.in,v 1.2 2017/07/04 14:53:27 schwarze Exp $
+.TH STRING-UNDEF 1 "April 9, 2018"
+.SH NAME
+string-undef - expanding undefined strings
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.SS User defined string
+The sting "mys" is
+.ie dmys defined
+.el undefined
+and remains
+.ie dmys defined.
+.el undefined.
+.PP
+Its value is "\*[mys]", and now it is
+.ie dmys defined,
+.el undefined,
+and its value is still "\*[mys]".
+.PP
+.ds mys newval
+After redefining it to "\*[mys]", it is of course still
+.ie dmys defined.
+.el undefined.
+.PP
+.rm mys
+After removing the definition, it is now
+.ie dmys defined.
+.el undefined.
+.SS User defined macro
+The macro "mym" is
+.ie dmym defined.
+.el undefined.
+.PP
+It has no effect:
+.mym
+But now it is
+.ie dmym defined.
+.el undefined.
+.PP
+.de mym
+neweffect
+..
+After defining it as:
+.mym
+it is of course still
+.ie dmym defined.
+.el undefined.
+.PP
+.rm mym
+After removing the definition, it is now
+.ie dmym defined.
+.el undefined.
+.SS Renamed macro
+The standard .BR macro is
+.ie dBR defined,
+.el undefined,
+and it
+.BR works .
+.PP
+.rn BR newBR
+After renaming it, the new name is
+.ie dnewBR defined,
+.el undefined,
+and
+.newBR works .
+.SS Predefined string
+A predefined string is
+.ie dR defined
+.el undefined
+and has the value "\*R".
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