Re: [boost] Re: [test] Detecting timeout support

From: Jody Hagins (jody-boost-011304_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-12 09:34:14

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:10:54 -0500
"Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> 
> > In my tests, I'd rather not have #ifdef __unix all over the place. 
> > Is is possible to add a macro in the Test framework itself that can
> > be checked (on the off chance that timeout support is expanded)?
> 
> Why would you want to ifdef  it? You don't want to perform specific
> test unless timeout could be catched?

I do not think I was clear enough.  Let's look at the example again...

void infinite_loop()
{
    // unit test framework can break infinite loops by timeout
#ifdef __unix  // don't have timeout on other platforms
    BOOST_CHECKPOINT("About to enter an infinite loop!");
    while(1);
#else
    BOOST_MESSAGE(
      "Timeout support is not implemented on your platform");
#endif
}

If I were to write a similar test, I would rather it look something
like...

void infinite_loop()
{
    // unit test framework can break infinite loops by timeout
#ifdef BOOST_TEST_HAS_TIMEOUT
    BOOST_CHECKPOINT("About to enter an infinite loop!");
    while(1);
#else
    BOOST_MESSAGE(
      "Timeout support is not implemented on your platform");
#endif
}

Also, if I may...

/test/doc/examples/unit_test_example4.html appears to be wrong, as it
makes reference to timeout, but the test code does not appear to use the
timeout facility at all.  What am I missing?

Also, in the code for that test, the macro BOOST_PARAM_TEST_CASE is
used.  However, I can not find any documentation on how to use it. 
Likewise, I can not find documentation on other stuff (the only
reference I can find is the one inside TestTools, but it only covers a
few macros.  Where are the docs for the other macros and the test_suite
interface?

FWIW, I am using the HTML docs from the 1.32.0 disctibution.

Thanks!