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+# -*- perl -*-
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use tests::tests;
+check_expected ([<<'EOF']);
+(pt-write-code2) begin
+(pt-write-code2) open "sample.txt"
+pt-write-code2: exit(-1)
+EOF
+pass;