[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #13290: Ability to detect boost unit test in an executable

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #13290: Ability to detect boost unit test in an executable
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-06 22:15:55

#13290: Ability to detect boost unit test in an executable
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 Reporter:  Rich Chiodo <rchiodo@…>  |      Owner:  Gennadiy Rozental
     Type:  Feature Requests         |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined         |  Component:  test
  Version:  Boost 1.65.0             |   Severity:  Optimization
 Keywords:  test                     |
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 I'd like to make it possible for tools to detect if the boost::test
 framework is being used or not. Right now tools have to parse PDB files
 for boost::unit_test related symbols and this can be buggy. (Like MSVC
 /FASTLINK breaking symbol searches)

 I propose adding something like so to boost\test\unit_test.hpp

 // Define a guid such that external tools can determine if an executable
 is a boost unit test executable or not.
 #ifdef BOOST_MSVC
 __declspec(dllexport) const char * __customCE69DB72_boost_test_identifier
 = "CE69DB72-CB65-4FDE-A94C-56C871E976D7";
 #endif

 This puts the guid CE69DB72-CB65-4FDE-A94C-56C871E976D7 into the string
 table of the final exe and can be searched by tools (instead of requiring
 the pdb).

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac10/boost/ticket/13290>
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