Re: [boost] [Test] Link succeeds without BOOST_TEST_MAIN defined

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-05 13:04:43

| -----Original Message-----
| From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
| [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Gennadiy Rozental
| Sent: 03 February 2006 16:23
| To: boost_at_[hidden]
| Subject: Re: [boost] [Test] Link succeeds without 
| BOOST_TEST_MAIN defined
| 
| > The following unexpectedly(?) links and run:
| > ---
| > #include <boost/test/auto_unit_test.hpp>
| >
| > boost::unit_test::test_suite*
| > init_unit_test_suite( int, char*[] )
| > {
| > boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().p_name.value = 
| > "whatever";
| > return 0;
| > }
| > ---
| >
| > Don't I need to define BOOST_TEST_MAIN in this case? Is 
| this as intended? 
| > I'm using the latest cvs and UTF as a static library.
| 
| The only purpose of BOOST_TEST_MAIN for regular build is to 
| define this init 
| function. So obviously this is working.

so is the effect of BOOST_TEST_MAIN to define, with the name "Master Test
suite"

| > boost::unit_test::test_suite*
| > init_unit_test_suite( int, char*[] )
| > {
| > boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().p_name.value = 
| > "Master test suite"; 
| > return 0;
| > }

If so, it might be worth saying just this.

But if I write 

#define BOOST_TEST_MAIN "My Test suite"

I might naively expect it to be be logged as 

Test suite "My Test Suite" failed with: .....

But this doesn't seem to happen.  Perhaps it easily could?

Paul

PS not able to FTP suck code from your machine today.  Maybe it has a rest
on Sunday? ;-)

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