Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12452: XML log can contain unescaped characters from test output

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12452: XML log can contain unescaped characters from test output
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-09-13 12:51:05

#12452: XML log can contain unescaped characters from test output
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  Reporter:  Igor Akhmetov <igor.akhmetov@…>  |      Owner:  rogeeff
      Type:  Bugs                             |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                 |  Component:  test
   Version:  Boost 1.61.0                     |   Severity:  Problem
Resolution:                                   |   Keywords:  XML
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Comment (by Igor Akhmetov <igor.akhmetov@…>):

 I'm the author of the unit test runner in ReSharper C++, so I'm actually
 providing an interface to Boost.Test.

 We can't use XML log format with Google Test, since it's not streaming, so
 we use the console reporter which is fairly easy to parse. In Boost.Test
 the XML reporter is streaming, but not flushing, so we use it with the
 stderr sink - the only problem is unescaped user output which the standard
 XML reader fails to parse, and we've got several user requests about this
 problem.

 Again, please take a look at how Catch handles that - it intercepts all
 user output and escapes it (e.g. in the JUnit reporter). Ideally I'd like
 Boost.Test to adopt the same approach.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/12452#comment:2>
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