text: """This was pytools/utils/cfgobj in pandokia."""
  import io as StringIO
  import os
  import pprint
  
  from stsci.tools import teal, vtor_checks
  
  
  def test_teal_vtor(tmpdir):
      data_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data')
      co = teal.load(os.path.join(data_dir, 'rt_sample.cfg'))
      f = tmpdir.join('output.txt')
  
      # TEST OBJ LOADING
      f.write("THE CONFIG-OBJ:\n")
      pprint.pprint(co.dict(), stream=f, indent=3, width=999)
  
      # TEST UNDERSTANDING OF .cfgspc
      cs = co.configspec
      f.write("\nTHE CONFIG-SPEC:\n")
      pprint.pprint(cs.dict(), stream=f, indent=3, width=999)
  
      # TEST sigStrToKwArgsDict
      f.write("\nsigStrToKwArgsDict:\n")
  
      for item in sorted(cs.keys()):
          sig = cs[item]
          if isinstance(sig, str):
              f.write("SIGN: " + sig + "\n")
              ddd = vtor_checks.sigStrToKwArgsDict(sig)
              sss = StringIO.StringIO()
              # use pprint (and StringIO) so as to print  it sorted
              pprint.pprint(ddd, sss, width=999)
              f.write("DICT: " + sss.getvalue())  # sss has newline
              sss.close()
  
      # TEST getPosArgs and getKwdArgs
      f.write("\nTHE POS ARGS:\n")
      f.write(str(co.getPosArgs()) + "\n")
      f.write("\nTHE KWD ARGS:\n")
      pprint.pprint(co.getKwdArgs(), stream=f, indent=3, width=999)
  
      lines = f.readlines()
      stripped = [l.replace('   ', ' ').replace('  ', ' ').replace('{ ', '{').replace(' }', '}').strip() for l in lines]
      lines = [l for l in stripped if len(l) > 0]
  
      with open(os.path.join(data_dir, 'cfgobj_output.ref')) as fref:
          ans = fref.readlines()
  
      bad_lines = []
      for x, y in zip(lines, ans):
          if x != y:
              bad_lines.append('{} : {}'.format(x, y))
  
      if len(bad_lines) > 0:
          raise AssertionError(bad_lines)
  