Re: [boost] [BOOST_ASSERT] any one against improving debug support?

Subject: Re: [boost] [BOOST_ASSERT] any one against improving debug support?
From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-20 15:23:10

Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen <at> dezide.com> writes:

> 
> Gennadiy Rozental skrev:
> > Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen <at> dezide.com> writes:
> > 
> >>> 1. You can use environment variable to enforce desirable behavior
> >>>    all the time without your involvement.
> >> I have defined BOOST_TEST_CATCH_SYSTEM_ERRORS to no, but no luck getting 
> >> it to work.
> > 
> > 
> > I found and fixed bug in execution monitor, which did not restore C Runtime
> > report hook. Checked into trunk.
> 
> This made a difference. Thanks. I do get this warning when compiling:
> 
> d:\boost\trunk\boost\test\impl\execution_monitor.ipp(1124) : warning 
> C4701: potentially uninitialized local variable 'old_crt_hook' used

Thanks. I default constructed it.

> I'm still not able to auto start the debugger, though.

Unfortunately, it appears, you can't use it with msvc asserts. They look
internally like c++ exceptions and code never reaches appropriate if, even if
you tell it to catch system errors.

But you can try it with any other type of failure.

Gennadiy