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Subject: Re: [boost] What Should we do About Boost.Test?
From: Jeff Flinn (Jeffrey.Flinn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-07 11:46:25


On 10/5/2012 5:15 PM, Dave Abrahams wrote:
>
> on Fri Oct 05 2012, Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 04 October 2012 13:20:00 Dave Abrahams wrote:
>>>
>>> The question remains: "how do I learn/teach this library?" If I can't
>>> answer those questions, I also can't answer the question
>>>
>>> How do I use this library?
>>>
>>> I don't understand how other people have arrived at answers for
>>> themselves.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Look, I teach classes on Boost. If Boost.Test is not learnable and
>>> teachable, I have to tell my students to stay away from it. That's
>>> embarrassing for me, and bad for Boost.
>>
>> Although I'm not teaching students, I can understand the difficulties
>> you're talking about. However, you have to admit by the answers in
>> this thread that many people managed to learn the library and use it
>> extensively.
>
> Yes. How did they do it?

The following link did it for us:

http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/c-unit-tests-with-boost-test-part-1/

Then the official boost docs provided the necessary reference info,
although it seems I have to go hunting to find the "BOOST_REQUIRE_xxx"
reference table every time.

Jeff


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