From acf53d31eebfcce694c093141cf0ba6d88189263 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Freddie Akeroyd <freddie.akeroyd@stfc.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:20:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add test case

---
 modules/libcom/test/macDefExpandTest.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/macDefExpandTest.c b/modules/libcom/test/macDefExpandTest.c
index 37f11f9f4..14cec45b9 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/test/macDefExpandTest.c
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/macDefExpandTest.c
@@ -61,6 +61,27 @@ static void macEnvScope(void)
     checkMac(handle, "E", "15");
     checkMac(handle, "F", NULL);
 
+    {
+        /* test worst case for short definitions
+         * https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base/pull/838
+         */
+        macParseDefns(NULL, "1,3,5", &defines); /* smoke */
+
+#define CASE(I,V) \
+        testOk(defines[I] && strcmp(defines[I], V)==0, "defines[%u] \"%s\" == \"" V "\"", I, defines[I])
+        CASE(0,"1");
+        testOk1(defines[1]==NULL);
+        CASE(2,"3");
+        testOk1(defines[3]==NULL);
+        CASE(4,"5");
+        testOk1(defines[5]==NULL);
+        testOk1(defines[6]==NULL);
+#undef CASE
+
+        free(defines);
+        defines = NULL;
+    }
+
     {
         macPushScope(handle);