RE: [boost] Automatic Win32 regression test crashes

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-15 17:52:06

At 04:30 PM 1/15/2002, Brey, Edward D wrote:

 >	[Beman]
 >	I'm trying to refine the Win32 regression test so it can run
 >automatically
 >	on a (more or less) daily basis.
 >
 >	One of the problems with doing this is that some test programs
 >crash,
 >	popping up a error dialog which I have to manually clear. "Click OK
 >to
 >	terminate the Program" or similar.
 >
 >[Ed]
 >The first thing that comes to mind is a catch(...) in the test tools
 >library.  This would solve the problem for VC, due to its merging of
 >structured and C++ exception handling.  I'm not sure about the other 
Win32
 >compilers.

Hmmm...  The new test library does that to a greater extent.  It handles 
structured exceptions too.  I guess the answer is to get going on 
integrating the new Boost.Test with the regression test system.

Thanks,

--Beman