1 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/haddock-api/test/Haddock/Backends/Hyperlinker/ParserSpec.hs b/haddock-api/test/Haddock/Backends/Hyperlinker/ParserSpec.hs
index c85fa47e..d5964224 100644
--- a/haddock-api/test/Haddock/Backends/Hyperlinker/ParserSpec.hs
+++ b/haddock-api/test/Haddock/Backends/Hyperlinker/ParserSpec.hs
@@ -9,9 +9,44 @@ import Haddock.Backends.Hyperlinker.Parser
 main :: IO ()
 main = hspec spec
 
+
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
     describe "parse" parseSpec
 
+
 parseSpec :: Spec
-parseSpec = return ()
+parseSpec = do
+
+    context "when parsing single-line comments" $ do
+
+        it "should ignore content until the end of line" $
+            "-- some very simple comment\nidentifier"
+            `shouldParseTo`
+            [TkComment, TkSpace, TkIdentifier]
+
+        it "should allow endline escaping" $
+            "-- first line\\\nsecond line\\\nand another one"
+            `shouldParseTo`
+            [TkComment]
+
+    context "when parsing multi-line comments" $ do
+
+        it "should support nested comments" $
+            "{- comment {- nested -} still comment -} {- next comment -}"
+            `shouldParseTo`
+            [TkComment, TkSpace, TkComment]
+
+        it "should distinguish compiler pragma" $
+            "{- comment -}{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}{- comment -}"
+            `shouldParseTo`
+            [TkComment, TkPragma, TkComment]
+
+    it "should recognize preprocessor directives" $ do
+        "\n#define foo bar" `shouldParseTo` [TkSpace, TkCpp]
+        "x # y" `shouldParseTo`
+            [TkIdentifier, TkSpace, TkCpp, TkSpace,TkIdentifier]
+
+
+shouldParseTo :: String -> [TokenType] -> Expectation
+str `shouldParseTo` tokens = map tkType (parse str) `shouldBe` tokens