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+"""
+Tests based on the Adobe Glyph List Specification (https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/agl-specification#2-the-mapping)
+"""
+from pdfminer.encodingdb import name2unicode
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_name_in_agl():
+    """The name "Lcommaaccent" has a single component, which is mapped to the string U+013B by AGL"""
+    assert u'\u013B' == name2unicode('Lcommaaccent')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_uni():
+    """The components "Lcommaaccent," "uni013B," and "u013B" all map to the string U+013B"""
+    assert u'\u013B' == name2unicode('uni013B')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_uni_with_sequence_of_digits():
+    """The name "uni20AC0308" has a single component, which is mapped to the string U+20AC U+0308"""
+    assert u'\u20AC\u0308' == name2unicode('uni20AC0308')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_uni_empty_string():
+    """The name "uni20ac" has a single component, which is mapped to an empty string"""
+    assert u'' == name2unicode('uni20ac')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_uni_empty_string_long():
+    """The name "uniD801DC0C" has a single component, which is mapped to an empty string
+
+    Neither D801 nor DC0C are in the appropriate set. This form cannot be used to map to the character which is
+    expressed as D801 DC0C in UTF-16, specifically U+1040C. This character can be correctly mapped by using the
+    glyph name "u1040C.
+    """
+    assert u'' == name2unicode('uniD801DC0C')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_uni_pua():
+    """"Ogoneksmall" and "uniF6FB" both map to the string that corresponds to U+F6FB."""
+    assert u'\uF6FB' == name2unicode('uniF6FB')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_u_with_4_digits():
+    """The components "Lcommaaccent," "uni013B," and "u013B" all map to the string U+013B"""
+    assert u'\u013B' == name2unicode('u013B')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_u_with_5_digits():
+    """The name "u1040C" has a single component, which is mapped to the string U+1040C"""
+    assert u'\U0001040C' == name2unicode('u1040C')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_multiple_components():
+    """The name "Lcommaaccent_uni20AC0308_u1040C.alternate" is mapped to the string U+013B U+20AC U+0308 U+1040C"""
+    assert u'\u013B\u20AC\U0001040C' == name2unicode('Lcommaaccent_uni20AC0308_u1040C.alternate')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_foo():
+    """The name 'foo' maps to an empty string, because 'foo' is not in AGL, and because it does not start with a 'u.'"""
+    assert u'' == name2unicode('foo')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_notdef():
+    """The name ".notdef" is reduced to an empty string (step 1) and mapped to an empty string (step 3)"""
+    assert u'' == name2unicode('.notdef')
+
+
+def test_name2unicode_pua_ogoneksmall():
+    """"Ogoneksmall" and "uniF6FB" both map to the string that corresponds to U+F6FB."""
+    assert u'\uF6FB' == name2unicode('Ogoneksmall')