Re:Re: [boost] Regression Tests, Boost.Serialization

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-16 11:08:49

>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!

That's the way it is now.  That's why there are so many (too many) tests.

About 20 tests for base services, void_cast, iterators, iteratorbase64,
demo, etc.

About 35 test for serialization facilities e.g. tracking, exporting,
registering, stl::list, stl::vector, etc.

These later are built/run for each archive type xml, wide xml, text, wide
text and native binary.  

So this works out to about 20 + 35 * 5 = 190 (actually 209) * 5 compilers
about 1000 test run/builds.

Robert Ramey