Re: Policy-based designs considered harmful?

From: rogeeff (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-21 11:20:30

--- In boost_at_y..., Jeremy Siek <jsiek_at_c...> wrote:
> 
> Actually, this problem may not be as bad as it sounds. I had a 
similar
> problem to overcome for testing the MTL (and for the BGL 
adjacency_list).
> I tested all possible combinations, but I was able to write many of 
the
> tests in a generic fashion so that they would be applicable to any
> combination. Yeah, the tests took a long time to compile and run, 
but at
> least I didn't have to type in an exponential amount of test code! 

And as soon as MPL will present some kind of typelist facility Test 
Library presents an extention to support testing by given typelist 
and generic test function. So the process will be easy to automate.

Gennadiy.

> I'm not
> sure just how generic the tests can be for smart ptr, but I 
wouldn't be
> surprised if it makes the job manageable.
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Peter Dimov wrote:
> pdimov> Everyone that believes in policy-based designs ought to 
consider the
> pdimov> following
> pdimov>
> pdimov> Assignment: Write the unit test for Loki::SmartPtr that 
probes
> pdimov>
> pdimov> a) all possible combinations of the supplied policies;
> pdimov> b) user-defined policies.
> pdimov>
> pdimov> ;-)
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