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

From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-07 11:26:46

Benoit Sigoure <tsuna <at> lrde.epita.fr> writes:

> 
> On Dec 18, 2007, at 11:16 AM, Benoit Sigoure wrote:
> Hi guys,
> so I'm about to fix my BOOST_TEST macro that tests whether  
> Boost.Tests can be used and linked against.  Hubert Figuiere  
> contributed the following fix.  He suggested that I add:
>    using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
>    test_suite* init_unit_test_suite(int argc, char ** argv)
>    {
>      return NULL;
>    }
> Before my `main' (which reads: int main() { BOOST_CHECK(2 == 2);  
> return 0; })

I can't say I understand 100% what you are trying to do here, but using 
Testing tools outside of the UnitTest framework might not be a good idea. In 
1.35 I've implemented a check against it and it may throw an exception.

Gennadiy