Re: [boost] configure checks (Re: C++0x and Boost)

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-22 15:45:17

Robert Ramey wrote:

> Actually that might be enough to handle the wide char issue
> in my example.
> 
> To make things nice a clean it would seem that one would need:
> 
> a) A simple config tests - test_config_wchar_support marked compile passed
> b) markup set so that "sometimes fails" so its not marked red
> c) <dependency>test_config_wchar_support
> 
> Which would help a lot.

Well (c) is in place, (a) can be easily written if you know what to test and 
(b) is the only missing bit.

> There would still be an issue tests don't fail untl runtime.  I don't know
> if that would be required.
> 
> actually I was sort of expecting (hoping) something like
> 
> <dependency>test_?.run  // dependent on successful exectution of test_?

  run foo_present.cpp ;

  run a.cpp : : : <dependency>foo_present ;

happens to work as expected as of 2 mins ago.

- Volodya