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

Subject: Re: [boost] Unittest capability for meta-programs feedback request
From: Ben Robinson (icaretaker_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-27 23:42:13

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> on Tue Sep 27 2011, Gennadiy Rozental <rogeeff-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:
> >
> > Now if you can come up with another approach to test these
> > expectations I'd be happy to listen.
>
> We already have an approach; it requires integration with the test
> system.  Yes, it's imperfect, but it does do the kind of testing needed
> to see that MyComponent<int> is prohibited.
>
> Can you elaborate on this in greater detail?  Currently, if I want to prove
a static assertion fails, my admittedly cumbersome technique is to uncomment
the test for that condition, compile to produce the error, then re-comment
out the test.  This becomes very tedious for large numbers of regression
tests.

Thank you,

Ben Robinson, Ph.D.

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