Re: [boost] Proposed templated integer_sort

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposed templated integer_sort
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-13 12:02:10

AMDG

Steven Ross wrote:
> How do I run Boost's automated testing on a single unit test,

If you have
    run mytest.cpp ;
(e.g.) in the Jamfile

you can run this test with

bjam mytest

> and how do I
> create a new test directory in BOOST_ROOT/libs/algorithm/sorting such that
> it gets executed?

You don't need to deal with this yet.  The full regression tests are
controlled by status/Jamfile.v2 which just contains a list of libraries.

> If someone could just explain how I run
> libs/algorithm/string's automated tests, I'd be quite happy to copy how its
> tests are written, and modify them to test sorting correctness.  I've spent
> over 7 hours so far trying to figure this out, and it's starting to get
> ridiculous.  I've read through the documentation of bjam and the Boost test
> library and they don't seem to explain this

# run all tests
bjam
# run the first test
bjam trim

The fifth argument to the run rule is the name of the target.
The name defaults to be the name of the first source file.
Also, the test-suite is unnecessary.  The StringAlgo Jamfile
could just as easily be written as

run trim_test.cpp : : : : trim ;
run conv_test.cpp : : : : conv ;
#...

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe