Re: [boost] Maintenance Guidelines wiki page (Revison 8)

Subject: Re: [boost] Maintenance Guidelines wiki page (Revison 8)
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-26 12:33:33

AMDG

David Abrahams wrote:
>> [C]   5. Test
>> [C]         1. Test headers [developer]
>> [C]               1. Include each header files twice [developer]
>> [I]               2. include each couple of header files in both orders
>> [C]               3. Include all header files
>> [C]               4. link all the header files twice
>>
>> A* See if the Jamfile to test the headers from Steve can be adapted to
>> tests (Steve?)
>>     
>
> I don't know what that means.
>   

The Jamfile in libs/units/test_headers handles 5.1.1, 5.1.3, and 5.1.4

>> 5.1.2 Include each couple of header files in both orders
>>     
>
> Testing all possible orderings seems impractical.  I could be wrong of
> course...
>   

It's definitely impractical to test every possible pair.  Even if it is 
restricted to stay within a
single library, this would be many thousands of compilations...

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe