Re: Automatic Win32 regression test crashes

From: rogeeff (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-15 18:21:54

--- In boost_at_y..., Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_a...> wrote:
> 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

New Test Library will suppress message box in most cases, unless you 
have explicit assert() in you code failing. 

Gennadiy.

P.S. Jason, will methods thast you described, suppress message box in 
case of assert?