Re: [boost] BOOST_TEST(p) fails

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-13 12:01:54

At 09:57 AM 8/13/2002, Peter Dimov wrote:

 >shared_ptr_test.cpp fails at line 191, which is
 >
 >BOOST_TEST(p);
 >
 >where p is a shared_ptr<>. Since p can be used in boolean contexts such 
as
 >if(p), this worked with the old implementation of BOOST_TEST. I can "fix"
 >the test to read
 >
 >BOOST_TEST(p? true: false);
 >
 >but is this the right thing to do?

I couldn't find the docs for BOOST_TEST, but similar forms are documented 
as requiring a "predicate".  So I'd think anything convertible to bool was 
valid, and you shouldn't have to change your code.

Gennadiy?

--Beman