Re: [boost] Interest in a Behavior Driven Development Framework

From: Maciej Sobczak (prog_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-13 15:21:54

Dean Michael Berris wrote:

> I had been thinking about the syntax to which the BDD approach allows us:
> 
> int my_value = 0;
> //...
> value(my_value).should.equal(10); // will throw an exception
> value(my_value).should.not_equal(9); // will also throw an exception
> 
> char * my_pointer = NULL;
> //...
> pointer(my_pointer).should.be_null(); // will evaluate to true, or do nothing
> pointer(my_pointer).should.not_be_null(); // will throw an exception

What's the added value of the above when compared to:

value_should_equal(my_value, 10);
value_should_not_equal(my_value, 9);
pointer_should_be_null(my_pointer);
pointer_should_not_be_null(my_pointer);

or maybe:

should_equal(my_value, 10);
should_not_equal(my_value, 9);
should_be_null(my_pointer);
should_not_be_null(my_pointer);

?

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