Re: [boost] Regression Tests, Boost.Serialization

From: Reece Dunn (msclrhd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-16 05:35:09

Martin Wille wrote:
>Robert Ramey wrote:
>>Jeff Garland wrote:
>>>>Houston, we have a problem.
>>[snip]
>>It's a fact - running the bjam serialization test is going to consume 20 
>>GB.
>
>The disk requirements can be changed. Stripping the test binaries
>and removing the .o files already has been mentioned. Another
>chance lies in merging similar (in terms of instantiated templates)
>tests into one binary.

It might also be beneficial to allow finer grained results within a test 
file. Let's say I have a test file stl_containers.cpp that tests 
std::vector, std::list, etc. Now, if a compiler has a problem with one of 
these (e.g. std::map) - if I understand the regression test system correctly 
- it will mark this test as failed in the regression results and a user 
would assume that all the stl_containers would be unusable!

What I would like is to be able to group sets of tests (like in the unit 
tests), but to show a breakdown of those tests (e.g. for std::vector, 
std::deque, etc.) so that if one of these groups fail, the user can see that 
specific container doesn't work for a perticular compiler/platform.

Regards,
Reece

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