[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7082: Add support for benchmarking

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7082: Add support for benchmarking
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-05 05:32:07

#7082: Add support for benchmarking
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 Reporter:  marco.craveiro@…          |       Owner:  rogeeff       
     Type:  Feature Requests          |      Status:  new           
Milestone:  To Be Determined          |   Component:  test          
  Version:  Boost 1.51.0              |    Severity:  Not Applicable
 Keywords:  test benchmarking         |  
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 One useful thing with boost test would be to run the tests in a
 "benchmarking mode". The general idea is to be able to run many iterations
 of all tests to get an idea of their performance. I believe the following
 changes would be sufficient:

 - BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE could have an additional optional parameter:
 number_of_iterations. This is set by the user manually. For example:
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(my_test_case, 10000). If not passed in, it would
 default to 1.
 - A new command line parameter would trigger benchmarking: say
 --benchmarking. When passed in, all tests would run number_of_ iterations
 times.
 - the elapsed time for a test would then be the accumulated time taken by
 all iterations

 This would be great for nightlies.

 This issue was discussed a bit on the mailing-list on this thread:

 http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2011/01/65790.php

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7082>
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