From adc912850bf6de6d4e5db0d8b6cb2cf389cf721d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shahramn <shahram.najm@ecmwf.int>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:33:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Testing: Variables like constants and transients

---
 src/grib_accessor_class_variable.cc | 6 ++++++
 tests/codes_compare_keys.sh         | 4 ++++
 tests/codes_get_string.sh           | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/grib_accessor_class_variable.cc b/src/grib_accessor_class_variable.cc
index 9d12e04cf..6a39d34df 100644
--- a/src/grib_accessor_class_variable.cc
+++ b/src/grib_accessor_class_variable.cc
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ grib_accessor_class* grib_accessor_class_variable = &_grib_accessor_class_variab
 
 /* END_CLASS_IMP */
 
+//
+// This accessor is used for:
+//  constant
+//  transient
+//
+
 #define MAX_VARIABLE_STRING_LENGTH 255
 
 static void init(grib_accessor* a, const long length, grib_arguments* args)
diff --git a/tests/codes_compare_keys.sh b/tests/codes_compare_keys.sh
index 9a2a39aef..1a678ede8 100755
--- a/tests/codes_compare_keys.sh
+++ b/tests/codes_compare_keys.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ diff $tempRef $tempLog
 sample_spectral=$ECCODES_SAMPLES_PATH/sh_ml_grib2.tmpl
 ${test_dir}/codes_compare_keys $sample_spectral $sample_spectral enorm,avg
 
+# Do some constant and transient keys
+${test_dir}/codes_compare_keys $sample_spectral $sample_spectral marsDir,truncateLaplacian
+
 
 # Local definitions
 # ----------------------
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ status=$?
 set -e
 [ $status -ne 0 ]
 grep -q "2 differences" $tempLog
+
 rm -f $tempGribA $tempGribB
 
 
diff --git a/tests/codes_get_string.sh b/tests/codes_get_string.sh
index a42ef9f97..188c81a3e 100755
--- a/tests/codes_get_string.sh
+++ b/tests/codes_get_string.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $EXEC ${test_dir}/codes_get_string GRIB $tempGrib dayOfTheYearDate # 2> $tempTex
 
 
 input=$data_dir/reduced_latlon_surface.grib2
-keys="identifier projString bitmap class year gridDefinitionDescription
+keys="hundred identifier projString bitmap class year gridDefinitionDescription
       time validityTime packingType md5Headers parameterUnits"
 for k in $keys; do
     $EXEC ${test_dir}/codes_get_string GRIB $input $k 2> $tempText