From a1c6bc46f19669ad879d425df52e4a337e5fd4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Sousa <msousa@adobe.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:17:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [designspace] Test for empty elements

---
 Tests/varLib/data/VarLibTest2.designspace | 8 ++++++++
 Tests/varLib/designspace_test.py          | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Tests/varLib/data/VarLibTest2.designspace

diff --git a/Tests/varLib/data/VarLibTest2.designspace b/Tests/varLib/data/VarLibTest2.designspace
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac7d403f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/varLib/data/VarLibTest2.designspace
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<designspace format="3">
+    <!-- no <axes> element -->
+    <sources/><!-- empty <sources> element -->
+    <instances>
+        <instance/><!-- bare-bones <instance> element -->
+    </instances>
+</designspace>
diff --git a/Tests/varLib/designspace_test.py b/Tests/varLib/designspace_test.py
index 617b7e919..34986c935 100644
--- a/Tests/varLib/designspace_test.py
+++ b/Tests/varLib/designspace_test.py
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ class DesignspaceTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 }
         )
 
+    def test_load2(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            designspace.load(_getpath("VarLibTest2.designspace")),
+                    {'instances': [{}], 'sources': []})
+
 
 def _getpath(testfile):
     path, _ = os.path.split(__file__)