2 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/internal/cond/eval.go b/internal/cond/eval.go
index 3cec110..b0ee828 100644
--- a/internal/cond/eval.go
+++ b/internal/cond/eval.go
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ type Result struct {
 	Captures []string // submatches of the first true, non-negated name test: [0] whole match, [1:] groups
 	Reasons  []string // what made it true, e.g. `type pdf`, `content "acme ltd"`, `name "\bacme\b"`
 	Warnings []string // e.g. `content unreadable: needs pdftotext, not installed`
+
+	// Unreadable is true when evaluation reached a content test that could
+	// not read the file. The test counts as false; an exclude uses this to
+	// hold anyway (review M11).
+	Unreadable bool
 }
 
 // Trace is the full evaluation of every node, for krino explain.
@@ -47,9 +52,10 @@ type Trace struct {
 // first true, non-negated name test, and warnings de-duplicated in
 // first-seen order.
 type evalCtx struct {
-	captures []string
-	warned   map[string]bool
-	warnings []string
+	captures   []string
+	warned     map[string]bool
+	warnings   []string
+	unreadable bool
 }
 
 // warn records msg unless it has already been recorded.
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ func (c *Cond) Eval(f Facts) Result {
 	}
 	ctx := &evalCtx{}
 	match, reasons := c.eval(c.root, f, ctx, false)
-	return Result{Match: match, Captures: ctx.captures, Reasons: reasons, Warnings: ctx.warnings}
+	return Result{Match: match, Captures: ctx.captures, Reasons: reasons, Warnings: ctx.warnings, Unreadable: ctx.unreadable}
 }
 
 // eval evaluates one node against f, short-circuiting and/or in child
@@ -122,6 +128,9 @@ func (c *Cond) eval(n *node, f Facts, ctx *evalCtx, negated bool) (bool, []strin
 		ok, reason, warn, caps := c.evalLeaf(n, f)
 		if warn != "" {
 			ctx.warn(warn)
+			if n.kind == kContent {
+				ctx.unreadable = true
+			}
 		}
 		if !ok {
 			return false, nil
diff --git a/internal/cond/eval_test.go b/internal/cond/eval_test.go
index 8891de7..88612ac 100644
--- a/internal/cond/eval_test.go
+++ b/internal/cond/eval_test.go
@@ -226,3 +226,17 @@ func TestNegatedCombinatorReason(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("negated leaf = %+v, want its own label unchanged: %q", r, "not matched")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestEvalReportsUnreadableContent: Result.Unreadable says a content test
+// was reached and could not read the file - what lets an exclude fail
+// closed (review M11) - and stays false when evaluation never reached the
+// content test.
+func TestEvalReportsUnreadableContent(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &fake{name: "a.pdf", rawErr: errors.New("larger than max-read")}
+	if r := eval(t, `(and (type pdf) (content "x"))`, Options{}, f); r.Match || !r.Unreadable {
+		t.Errorf("reached: Match %v Unreadable %v; want false, true", r.Match, r.Unreadable)
+	}
+	if r := eval(t, `(or (name "^a") (content "x"))`, Options{}, f); !r.Match || r.Unreadable {
+		t.Errorf("not reached: Match %v Unreadable %v; want true, false", r.Match, r.Unreadable)
+	}
+}