Re: [boost] Testing macros..

Subject: Re: [boost] Testing macros..
From: OvermindDL1 (overminddl1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-22 21:53:14

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Once upon a time I did a bunch of work towards a Boost Predef library. The
> goal was to have a consistent set of version and feature definitions as
> could be determined from the predefined macros of toolsets
> <https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/predef/>. But the work stalled for
> one basic reason.. How do I write tests for such a library? The only other
> library that approaches the domain of this one is Boost Config and, AFAICT,
> it doesn't test the macros themselves.
>
> As I'm looking to finish of this lib for eventual submission I'm looking for
> ideas on this.

You could perhaps use Boost.Wave to preprocess the files in various
ways so you can test the configurations?  Or use Clang if you feel
particularity adventurous.