Re: [jamboost] [v2] unit testing using cxxtest (newbie)

From: Zhon Johansen (zhon.johansen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-01 14:33:49

Hi Volodya,

Thank you for your help and this wonderful tool.

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> make test-runner.cpp : test-file.h : make-test-runner ;
> actions make-test-runner
> {
> perl make-test-runner -output $(<)
> }

I have a couple of questions:

1) For me "perl make-test-runner -output $(<)" is failing silently with
$(<). If I replace it with bin/msvc/debug/test-runner.cpp it is
working. How do debug this command so I can see the value of $(<)?

2) I ended up replacing "actions" with "rule" because I got the error:
kernel/module.jam:66 in module.call-in rule make-test-runner unknown in
module class.... What does this error mean and how do I debug this?

> Will putting this in top-level Jamfile work for you:
>
> import testing ;
> unit-test runner : runner.cpp dir1/testedfile.cpp
> dir2/testedfile2.cpp ;

This could work...it is what I am currently doing with my makefile. On
the other hand, I would like to have many smaller test-runner exe to
speed up the test, code, refactor cycle. This is part of the reason I
am migrating to BBv2.

Thanks for the above line: "import testing ;" I was trying to do the
unit-test thing and was missing the include.

thanks for your help,

- zhon
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