Make it apparent that absent fields in a record have a value of :absent, which is different from what appears in a line.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/test/util/fileparsing.rb b/test/util/fileparsing.rb
index 127dbe1d1..e1a5d39b5 100755
--- a/test/util/fileparsing.rb
+++ b/test/util/fileparsing.rb
@@ -456,12 +456,21 @@ billy three four\n"
                 :separator => " " # A single space
         end
 
-        ["a b c d", "a b * d", "a b * *", "a b c *"].each do |line|
+        { "a b c d" => [],
+          "a b * d" => [:three],
+          "a b * *" => [:three, :four],
+          "a b c *" => [:four]
+        }.each do |line, absentees|
             record = nil
             assert_nothing_raised do
                 record = @parser.parse_line(line)
             end
 
+            # Absent field is :absent, not "*" inside the record
+            absentees.each do |absentee|
+                assert_equal(:absent, record[absentee])
+            end
+
             # Now regenerate the line
             newline = nil
             assert_nothing_raised do