Re: [boost] Unittest capability for meta-programs feedback request

Subject: Re: [boost] Unittest capability for meta-programs feedback request
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-27 17:01:41

on Tue Sep 27 2011, Gennadiy Rozental <rogeeff-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:
>
>> My point is only this:
>> 
>>    Ben implied that he can turn every legitimate compile-fail test into
>>    a runtime test.  He can't.
>
> I pretty much asked asked the same question in some other thread and got the
> same conclusion.
>
>> Unless you are still arguing that he can, we have nothing further to
>> argue about.
>
> The only point I was trying to argue is that there might be some valid use cases
> for runtime testable compile time concepts for the purposes of unit testing.

Like I said, we have nothing to argue about :-)

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Dave Abrahams
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