Re: [boost] regression test feature requests

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-01-20 18:46:35

At 06:14 PM 1/20/2001 -0500, David Abrahams wrote:

 >1. There's really too much output to get a quick, clear view of what 
might
 >have been broken. What I really want is to have the testing system 
compare
 >the results I'm getting with the previously-checked-in state and tell me
 >how many tests I've broken (and what I've fixed!)

How about this?

Don't change regression.cpp itself.

Write a shell script:

*  diff the old and new html files.  That will pinpoint the changes.
*  Jiggle the diff output file a bit, so that
*  running patch with the jiggled file results in a new html file with the 
blink attribute (or whatever) on for any changed pass/fail results.
*  look at it with a browser.

You can't beat that - blinking notice of changes right before your eyes:-)

Maybe some Unix script guru can figure out how to do the "Jiggle" part 
without writing any C++ code.

Smile,

--Beman