diff --git a/acb_dirichlet/l.c b/acb_dirichlet/l_hurwitz.c
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rename from acb_dirichlet/l.c
rename to acb_dirichlet/l_hurwitz.c
diff --git a/acb_dirichlet/test/t-l.c b/acb_dirichlet/test/t-l.c
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+++ b/acb_dirichlet/test/t-l.c
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+/*=============================================================================
+
+    This file is part of ARB.
+
+    ARB is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    ARB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with ARB; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+=============================================================================*/
+/******************************************************************************
+
+    Copyright (C) 2016 Pascal Molin
+
+******************************************************************************/
+
+#include "acb_dirichlet.h"
+
+#define nq 5
+#define nx 3
+
+int main()
+{
+
+    slong i, j;
+    ulong q[nq] = {3, 5, 61, 91, 800};
+    ulong m[nq] = {2, 4, 11, 2, 3};
+    slong prec = 150;
+
+    acb_ptr x;
+    /* cannot test at s = 1 with hurwitz */
+    const char * x_r[nx] = { "1", "0.5", "0.5" };
+    const char * x_i[nx] = { "1", "0", "6" };
+
+    acb_t ref, res;
+    /*
+    default(realprecision, 54)
+    X = [ 1 + I, 1/2, 1/2 + 6 * I ]
+    C = [Mod(2,3),Mod(4,5),Mod(11,61),Mod(2,91),Mod(3,800)]
+    v = concat([ [lfun(c,x) | x<-X] | c<-C])
+    apply(z->printf("\"%s\",\n",real(z)),v)
+    apply(z->printf("\"%s\",\n",imag(z)),v)
+    */
+    const char * ref_r[nq * nx] = {
+        "0.655527984002548033786648216345221087939439503905627469",
+        "0.480867557696828626181220063235589877776829730832371863",
+        "1.56831301727577320813799211138797101541772722814204757",
+        "0.521271244517346991221550773660594765406476858135844321",
+        "0.231750947504015755883383661760877226427886696409005898",
+        "0.275543455389521803395512886745330595086898302178508437",
+        "0.598221809458540554839300433683735304093606595684903281",
+        "0.489264190003695740292779374874163221990017067040417393",
+        "0.573331076412428980263984182365365715292560207445592018",
+        "0.510279695870740409778738767334484809708615155539404548",
+        "0.635626509594367380604827545000418331455019188562281349",
+        "0.129304857274642475564179442785425797926079767522671163",
+        "1.18088858810025653590356481638012816019876881487868657",
+        "2.17175778983760437737667738885959799183430688287297767",
+        "3.41568550810774629867945639900431994221065497147578087"
+    };
+    const char * ref_i[nq * nx] = {
+        "0.220206044893215842652155131408935133596486560067476474",
+        "0",
+        "-0.969458654385732175077973304161399773236957587792986099",
+        "0.354614573267731219242838516784605303288232150760467423",
+        "0",
+        "-0.995392028773643947872231871832838543767598301887892796",
+        "1.04370497561090171487193145841005574472705644411957863",
+        "-0.108902811943905225853677097712717212629591264759957602",
+        "-0.232114369998608907337769019848201890558327186146689311",
+        "-0.133300066189980774635445078240315148544665020358019145",
+        "0.0119464572932630291870372694406253796888930803905106876",
+        "-0.567660589679294457801153713636532209809112025502518666",
+        "-0.654079942571300523223917775358845549990877148918886474",
+        "0.970337207245832214408380510793679653538607483205616894",
+        "-1.43652482351673593824956935036654893593947145947637807"
+    };
+
+    flint_printf("l....");
+    fflush(stdout);
+
+    x = _acb_vec_init(nx);
+
+    for (j = 0; j < nx; j++)
+    {
+        if (arb_set_str(acb_realref(x + j), x_r[j], prec) ||
+            arb_set_str(acb_imagref(x + j), x_i[j], prec) )
+        {
+            flint_printf("error while setting x[%ld] <- %s+I*%s\n",
+                    j, x_r[j], x_i[j]);
+            abort();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    acb_init(ref);
+    acb_init(res);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nq; i++)
+    {
+        acb_dirichlet_group_t G;
+        acb_dirichlet_char_t chi;
+
+        acb_dirichlet_group_init(G, q[i]);
+        acb_dirichlet_char_init(chi, G);
+
+        acb_dirichlet_char(chi, G, m[i]);
+
+        for (j = 0; j < nx; j++)
+        {
+
+            if (arb_set_str(acb_realref(ref), ref_r[i * nx + j], prec - 10) ||
+                    arb_set_str(acb_imagref(ref), ref_i[i * nx + j], prec - 10) )
+            {
+                flint_printf("error while setting ref <- %s+I*%s\n",
+                        ref_r[i * nx + j], ref_i[i * nx + j]);
+                abort();
+            }
+
+            acb_dirichlet_l_hurwitz(res, x + j, G, chi, prec + 10);
+
+            if (!acb_contains(ref, res))
+            {
+                    flint_printf("FAIL:\n\n");
+                    flint_printf("q = %wu\n", q[i]);
+                    flint_printf("m = %wu\n", m[i]);
+                    flint_printf("x = ");
+                    acb_printd(x, 54);
+                    flint_printf("\nref = ");
+                    acb_printd(ref, 54);
+                    flint_printf("\nl(chi,x) = ");
+                    acb_printd(res, 54);
+                    flint_printf("\n\n");
+                    abort();
+            }
+
+        }
+        acb_dirichlet_char_clear(chi);
+        acb_dirichlet_group_clear(G);
+    }
+    acb_clear(ref);
+    acb_clear(res);
+    _acb_vec_clear(x, nx);
+
+    flint_cleanup();
+    flint_printf("PASS\n");
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}