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Edit File: test_pathological.py

""" Test reading of files not conforming to matlab specification

We try and read any file that matlab reads, these files included
"""
from __future__ import division, print_function, absolute_import

from os.path import dirname, join as pjoin

from numpy.testing import assert_
from pytest import raises as assert_raises

from scipy.io.matlab.mio import loadmat

TEST_DATA_PATH = pjoin(dirname(__file__), 'data')

def test_multiple_fieldnames():
    # Example provided by Dharhas Pothina
    # Extracted using mio5.varmats_from_mat
    multi_fname = pjoin(TEST_DATA_PATH, 'nasty_duplicate_fieldnames.mat')
    vars = loadmat(multi_fname)
    funny_names = vars['Summary'].dtype.names
    assert_(set(['_1_Station_Q', '_2_Station_Q',
                     '_3_Station_Q']).issubset(funny_names))

def test_malformed1():
    # Example from gh-6072
    # Contains malformed header data, which previously resulted into a
    # buffer overflow.
    #
    # Should raise an exception, not segfault
    fname = pjoin(TEST_DATA_PATH, 'malformed1.mat')
    with open(fname, 'rb') as f:
        assert_raises(ValueError, loadmat, f)