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+-- Parser checks for lib/data.lua.
+-- Run from the repo root:  lua test/test_data.lua
+-- Parsers are what break silently on a kernel or hardware change, so they are
+-- what gets a test. Everything else in this project is verified by screenshot.
+
+package.path = './?.lua;' .. package.path
+local data = require 'lib.data'
+
+local function read(path)
+  local f = assert(io.open(path, 'r'))
+  local s = f:read('*a')
+  f:close()
+  return s
+end
+
+-- cpu_times: total and idle jiffies from the aggregate "cpu " line.
+local total, idle = data.cpu_times(read('test/fixtures/proc_stat'))
+-- 209094+2199+135469+11604898+24408+0+946 = 11977014
+assert(total == 11977014, 'cpu total, got ' .. tostring(total))
+-- idle field is the 4th value, 11604898; iowait (24408) counts as idle too
+assert(idle == 11629306, 'cpu idle, got ' .. tostring(idle))
+
+-- mem_info: values in kB, as the file gives them.
+local mem = data.mem_info(read('test/fixtures/proc_meminfo'))
+assert(mem.total == 31943076, 'mem total, got ' .. tostring(mem.total))
+assert(mem.available == 25627088, 'mem available, got ' .. tostring(mem.available))
+-- used is total minus available, which is what a user means by "used"
+assert(mem.used == 6315988, 'mem used, got ' .. tostring(mem.used))
+
+-- millidegrees: hwmon temp*_input is millidegrees C, rounded to whole degrees.
+assert(data.millidegrees(read('test/fixtures/temp1_input')) == 53,
+  'temp, got ' .. tostring(data.millidegrees(read('test/fixtures/temp1_input'))))
+-- A missing or unreadable sensor must yield nil, not an error and not 0:
+-- 0 degrees is a plausible reading and would be indistinguishable from failure.
+assert(data.millidegrees(nil) == nil, 'nil input must give nil')
+assert(data.millidegrees('') == nil, 'empty input must give nil')
+assert(data.millidegrees('garbage') == nil, 'unparseable input must give nil')
+
+print('test_data: all assertions passed')