Re: [boost] Test Tool Proposal (test_tools.hpp)

[Vladimir Prus]

Rozental, Gennadiy wrote:

I've a similiar problem with BOOST_CHECK family, but I think the solution
can be different: provide a means to convert failed test into assertion
failure. This way I can conveniently debug. Currently, I have to
replace BOOST_CHECK with assert manually, to find where the failure happened.
Gennadiy, what do you think?

- Volodya

  I do not understand exactly how switching to assert would help you locate
the failure point. If you going to run it under debugger you as well could
just set a break point on failed assertion. If you going to analize the core
using debugger, why not run it under debugger in a first place. If you
expect to get a location from the assert output - it will be not better than
test tools one.

The situation is that I have a consice description of test cases (a vector of
C structures) and a function which iterates over that vector, doing BOOST_CHECK in some places. If I place a breakpoint on the failed BOOST_CHECK,
then that breakpoint will trigger many times before the actual error happens.

- Volodya

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