[Boost-users] Re: test library: run a single test

From: Robert Mathews (rmathews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-05 17:09:42

That'd be nice. I'm looking at using boost.test for some of my
application-specific unit tests, but these kinds of practical issues get in
the way, to wit:
- passing test configuration
- listing the tests contained in the unit test (so that I can compare the
tests run against the total number of tests available - hard to know how
much coverage you're getting if you don't know what's in the .exe)
- "expected failure" feature
- the ability to generate a better error message - ie, include a bit of text
about what the test was about.

Cheers,
Rob.

"Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
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>
> "Robert Mathews" <rmathews_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
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> > AFAIT, there is also no way to pass configuration data into BOOST test
> > either. For example, some unit tests might need the name of an account
to
> > run under, or the name of an existing share, or some such site-specific
> > configuration. I'd like the ability to pass in a set of name-value pairs
> > to
> > rectify that. Maybe, --configfile <xmlfile>
> >
> > Rob.
>
> Don't hold your breath, but I may be able to present something like this
in
> near future.
>
> Gennadiy