RE: [boost] Re: Boost.Test online?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-19 16:22:55

At 04:28 PM 8/19/2002, Rozental, Gennadiy wrote:

 >  I feel comfortable with providing permanent minimalist solution for:
 >1. Using only execution monitor.
 >2. Using simple test tools with (without?) execution monitor
 >
 >plus online headers for using Test Execution Monitor
 >
 >But I would not want to pollute headers with the switches based on some
 >defines.
 >So I could create new subdirectory "online" that will have:
 >
 >test/online/prg_exec_monitor.hpp    - this one for using execution 
monitor
 >only
 >test/online/lightweight_test.hpp       - this one for lightweight
 >minimalist
 >testing
 >test/online/test_exec_monitor.hpp   - full-featured, but online Test
 >Execution Monitor

I'm a little unsure about what's in test_exec_monitor.hpp, so perhaps you 
could explain that a bit more?

The rest seems like a good permanent solution.

 >This mean that some of the users will need to change C++ code to use new
 >headers. To simplify transition I could introduce
 >boost\libs\test\src\cpp_main.cpp and add switch into test_tools.hpp that
 >will be deprecated later. Depend on macro they will include correct
 >permanent header from online subdirectory.

That sounds like a good transition aid.
 >
 >How about this?

If I understand you correctly, good.

I think we might come up with better name than "online", but nothing pops 
into mind at the moment.  Anyone else have a suggestion?

--Beman