Re: [boost] Boost_Test: Initialize fixture only once

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost_Test: Initialize fixture only once
From: Dmytro Ovdiienko (dmitriy.ovdienko_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-02 00:26:17

Gennadiy,

Thanks for reply.

I cannot create first test_case as startup because boost performs test_cases
randomly.

Also I cannot use GLOBAL_FIXTURE because I have several test_suites and they
requires different Fixtures.

On 1 March 2010 22:44, Gennadiy Rozental <rogeeff_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Rhys Ulerich wrote:
>
>> I have set of test_suites. Every test_suite consists of a bunch of
>>> test_cases. Every test case should be initialized before execution.
>>>
>>> So, I created Fixture for every test_suite. The problem is Fixture
>>> initialization takes a lot of time and boost creates it for every
>>> test_case
>>> (not for every test_suite)
>>>
>>
>> Are you using BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE per [1]?  That should run once
>> per test suite.
>>
>
> No. This is not the case. BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE (as described in docs)
> serve different purpose. It allows to specify fixture once per suite for all
> test cases in test suite.
>
> At the moment per-suite fixture is not implemented (the only one actually).
> The only recommendation I have for you is to either use GLOBAL_FIXTURE or
> use the first test case in a suite as a setup.
>
> Gennadiy
>
>
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