Re: [boost] How do folks test serialization code?

Subject: Re: [boost] How do folks test serialization code?
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-08-05 03:58:33

>> Very good questions - in ten years no one has asked this.
> Working in the industries for 6 years as freelancer on various 
> projects/companies, only one pattern has kept true and keeps emerging:
> Testing isn't standard, its the exception. At least in C++ Land.
>
> Its nice to have all the testcases, but most companies don't cover their 
> applications with tests.
> In fact, I haven't seen a single company using tests with C++ in their 
> application in 6 years.
> Some of them do test, but not in codelevel. No unittests or anything like 
> it.

Pretty sad state of affairs that.   I always find bugs in my code through 
"carpet-bomb" testing, generally in other folks code as well, just saying...

John.