[boost] Re: [concept_check] failures in release cfg

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-20 09:34:11

Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
> David Abrahams writes:
> 
>>Stefan Slapeta <stefan_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>
>>>Stefan Slapeta wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>[...]
>>>
>>>The same seems to be valid for iterator/lvalue_concept_fail
>>>(http://tinyurl.com/4koaz)!
>>
>>Very few of the Boost regression tests are meant to be run in "release
>>mode" (i.e. with NDEBUG defined).  Many in fact use <cassert>.  I
>>don't think it's reasonable to expect any particular result from Boost
>>tests run in this way, nor is it reasonable to expect library authors
>>to adjust their tests at this late date.  
> 
> 
> I'm having the same sentiments. Let's concentrate on what _has_ to work.

I personally disagree. I think it's rather presumptious of us to think 
that compiling debug versions is what "has to work". Most people using 
Boost will be compiling their programs in release mode at some point. 
How can we give users software that has not undergone at least some 
minor testing in the most common configuration? At least for me, if it 
doesn't work in release mode, it's unusable.

I personally will continue to run the cw-8.3 release tests as that's one 
of the important platforms for me. And I will continue to find, and 
hopefully fix, error that come up from the difference the code optimizer 
impacts on the functioning of the code. And yes I have found and fixed 
some number of bugs because of this effort.

--grafik