Re: [boost] [review] Asio formal review.

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-23 21:53:52

"Christopher Kohlhoff" <chris_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:20051223091739.62019.qmail_at_web32605.mail.mud.yahoo.com...

>> How do you expect to write tests for your library that cover
>> *all* the various methods supported in one platform?
>
> By doing what Caleb Epstein suggested and having a different
> macro passed when building each set of tests.
>
> I note that this is how Boost.Threads, for example,
> differentiates between the native Windows threads and pthreads
> variants.

It is also how Boost.Filesystem chooses between Windows and POSIX variants 
on platforms (Cygwin) that support both.

--Beman