Re: [boost] Re: is the link-fail test working correctly in theregression tests?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-05 15:54:55

Alisdair Meredith <alisdair.meredith_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> ...although now the only expected failure tests we have left are
>> compile-fail.  So I don't know what to do with the others.
>
> Could we introduce a third result.  Pass and fail we know, 'error' would
> the test could not actually be run.  This would reflect a compile fail
> for link/runtime tests, missing/corrupt files for compile tests (perhaps
> due to CVS corruption) and probably a couple more corner cases I haven't
> thought about yet.

I'm afraid implementing this feature looks very difficult to me.
Patches welcome, of course!

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