Re: [boost] unit test framework comments

From: Duane Murphy (duanemurphy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-31 02:38:53

--- At Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:31:21 -0500, Mike Attili wrote:

>- Using BOOST_PARAM_TEST_CASE() to run a test case with a list
>  of parameters does not create a new fixture for each test
>  (i.e. the test class is not destroyed and created anew for
>  each pass). This forces a requirement that these test cases
>  leave the fixture in the same state after a test otherwise
>  there may be spurious errors reported.

Speaking blindly, CppUnit (inherited from JUnit) has a setUp() and
tearDown() method for testSuites to address this situation. It also
allows for intialization of other elements of the test fixture. 

..Duane