Re: [boost] Boost.Tests: Unit test defines own main() function, why?

From: Ilya Sokolov (fal_delivery_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-24 07:59:51

Ilya Sokolov wrote:
> Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
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> I want to seamlessly migrate from static UTF to shared.

And that is important for Boost itself, for example:

http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/11/113037.php

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I think the problem here is for Boost tests itself. Now, large number of
them does not work with shared linking. So, I'm about to commit 
Juergen's patch that explicitly makes all Boost test link to static 
version of Boost.Test

Vladimir Prus
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