Fixed database typo and removed unnecessary class identifier.

venv/Lib/site-packages/scipy/io/matlab/tests/test_pathological.py

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+""" Test reading of files not conforming to matlab specification
+
+We try and read any file that matlab reads, these files included
+"""
+from os.path import dirname, join as pjoin
+
+from numpy.testing import assert_
+from pytest import raises as assert_raises
+
+from scipy.io.matlab.mio import loadmat
+
+TEST_DATA_PATH = pjoin(dirname(__file__), 'data')
+
+
+def test_multiple_fieldnames():
+    # Example provided by Dharhas Pothina
+    # Extracted using mio5.varmats_from_mat
+    multi_fname = pjoin(TEST_DATA_PATH, 'nasty_duplicate_fieldnames.mat')
+    vars = loadmat(multi_fname)
+    funny_names = vars['Summary'].dtype.names
+    assert_(set(['_1_Station_Q', '_2_Station_Q',
+                     '_3_Station_Q']).issubset(funny_names))
+
+
+def test_malformed1():
+    # Example from gh-6072
+    # Contains malformed header data, which previously resulted into a
+    # buffer overflow.
+    #
+    # Should raise an exception, not segfault
+    fname = pjoin(TEST_DATA_PATH, 'malformed1.mat')
+    with open(fname, 'rb') as f:
+        assert_raises(ValueError, loadmat, f)