Re: [boost] Boost.Tests: Unit test defines own main() function, why?

From: Benoit Sigoure (tsuna_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-18 05:16:38

On Dec 18, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Jens Seidel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to know why Boost's unit test framework requires that the
> user defines init_unit_test_suite(int, char**) (or with char *[]
> argument???) instead of main().
>
> I recently had again some trouble because of it:
>  * It broke the general autoconf test in boost.m4 as the existance of
>    a Boost library can normally easily be tested by using boost code
>    in main() and not init_unit_test_suite(). (Will probably be fixed
>    soon in boost.m4.)

Hmm I was going to fix this today but now that you're raising this  
issue here, I'll wait to have a better insight of the situation  
before taking action.

-- 
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory