Re: [boost] [Release 1.34] Supported Compilers - another view

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-31 17:31:14

>> Actually, maybe my concerns can be addressed by going back
>> into boost test and using the "minimal" option.
>
> That might help, but the author is opposed to adding the facilities
> needed to make that viable for me.  I can't turn off the crash
> handlers on Windows, for example, so debugging a problem in a "minimal
> test" application is often prohibitive.

Ok. Let's say I do this. How would your test behave during regression tests 
run? Hung the system? Crash? Show dialog message? Remember: no CLA.

>> Hmmm - I don't we want to invoke the debugger in the
>> regression tests.
>
> What happens on the testers machine if it runs this program?
>
>     #include <cassert>
>     int main() { assert(0); }
>
> If it throws up a dialog and if we have no test monitor to kill it, I
> agree that we ought to have something in place to make sure no dialog
> comes up.  But I was sure the test script *did* start a monitor that
> could kill off any hung applications (?)

What if somebody else running regression tests that do not have such 
monitor?

Gennadiy