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Subject: [Boost-commit] svn:boost r59206 - in trunk/libs/config/doc: . html/boost_config
From: bdawes_at_[hidden]
Date: 2010-01-21 16:08:22


Author: bemandawes
Date: 2010-01-21 16:08:22 EST (Thu, 21 Jan 2010)
New Revision: 59206
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/59206

Log:
Clarify determining if macro tests pass
Text files modified:
   trunk/libs/config/doc/guidelines.qbk | 18 ++++++++-----
   trunk/libs/config/doc/html/boost_config/guidelines_for_boost_authors.html | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
   2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

Modified: trunk/libs/config/doc/guidelines.qbk
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libs/config/doc/guidelines.qbk (original)
+++ trunk/libs/config/doc/guidelines.qbk 2010-01-21 16:08:22 EST (Thu, 21 Jan 2010)
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
 "`int test()`" that is declared in a namespace with the same name as the macro,
 but in all lower case, and which returns zero on success:
 
- namespace boost_no_foo {
 
+ namespace boost_no_foo {
     int test()
     {
         // test code goes here:
@@ -126,14 +126,18 @@
 Once the test code is in place in libs/config/test, updating the configuration
 test system proceeds as:
 
-* cd into `libs/config/tools` and run `bjam` : this generates the `.cpp`
+* cd into `libs/config/tools` and run `bjam`. This generates the `.cpp`
 file test cases from the `.ipp` file, updates the
-libs/config/test/all/Jamfile.v2, `config_test.cpp` and `config_info.cpp`.
-* cd into `libs/config/test/all` and run `bjam `['MACRONAME` compiler-list`] : where
+libs/config/test/all/Jamfile.v2, `config_test.cpp` and `config_info.cpp`.[br][br]
+
+* cd into `libs/config/test/all` and run `bjam `['MACRONAME` compiler-list`], where
 ['MACRONAME] is the name of the new macro, and ['`compiler-list`] is a space separated list of
-compilers to test with. You should see the tests pass with those compilers
-that don't have the defect, and fail with those that do.
-* cd into `libs/config/test` and run `bjam config_info config_test `['`compiler-list`] :
+compilers to test with.[br][br]
+The xxx_pass_test and the xxx_fail_test [*should both report `**passed**`].[br][br]
+If ['MACRONAME] is not defined when it should be defined, xxx_pass_test will not report `**passed**`.
+If ['MACRONAME] is defined when it should not be defined, xxx_fail_test will not report `**passed**`.[br][br]
+
+* cd into `libs/config/test` and run `bjam config_info config_test `['`compiler-list`].
 `config_info` should build and run cleanly for all the compilers in ['`compiler-list`]
 while `config_test` should fail for those that have the defect, and pass for those
 that do not.

Modified: trunk/libs/config/doc/html/boost_config/guidelines_for_boost_authors.html
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libs/config/doc/html/boost_config/guidelines_for_boost_authors.html (original)
+++ trunk/libs/config/doc/html/boost_config/guidelines_for_boost_authors.html 2010-01-21 16:08:22 EST (Thu, 21 Jan 2010)
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <html>
 <head>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
-<title>Guidelines for Boost Authors</title>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII">
+<title>Guidelines for
+ Boost Authors</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../doc/html/boostbook.css" type="text/css">
-<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0">
-<link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="Boost.Config">
+<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.69.1">
+<link rel="start" href="../index.html" title="Boost.Config">
 <link rel="up" href="../index.html" title="Boost.Config">
 <link rel="prev" href="boost_macro_reference.html" title="Boost Macro Reference">
 <link rel="next" href="rationale.html" title="Rationale">
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@
 </div>
 <div class="section" lang="en">
 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
-<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors"></a><a class="link" href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html" title="Guidelines for Boost Authors">Guidelines for
+<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors"></a><a href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html" title="Guidelines for
+ Boost Authors">Guidelines for
     Boost Authors</a>
 </h2></div></div></div>
 <div class="toc"><dl>
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@
 </ul></div>
 <div class="section" lang="en">
 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
-<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.warnings"></a><a class="link" href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html#boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.warnings" title="Disabling Compiler Warnings">
+<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.warnings"></a><a href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html#boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.warnings" title="
+ Disabling Compiler Warnings">
       Disabling Compiler Warnings</a>
 </h3></div></div></div>
 <p>
@@ -184,7 +187,8 @@
 </div>
 <div class="section" lang="en">
 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
-<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.adding_new_defect_macros"></a><a class="link" href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html#boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.adding_new_defect_macros" title="Adding New Defect Macros">Adding
+<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.adding_new_defect_macros"></a><a href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html#boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.adding_new_defect_macros" title="Adding
+ New Defect Macros">Adding
       New Defect Macros</a>
 </h3></div></div></div>
 <p>
@@ -220,7 +224,6 @@
         on success:
       </p>
 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost_no_foo</span> <span class="special">{</span>
-
 <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">test</span><span class="special">()</span>
 <span class="special">{</span>
     <span class="comment">// test code goes here:
@@ -236,24 +239,27 @@
       </p>
 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
 <li>
- cd into <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">libs</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">config</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">tools</span></code> and run <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bjam</span></code>
- : this generates the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span></code>
+ cd into <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">libs</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">config</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">tools</span></code> and run <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bjam</span></code>.
+ This generates the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span></code>
           file test cases from the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">ipp</span></code> file, updates the libs/config/test/all/Jamfile.v2,
- <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">config_test</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">config_info</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span></code>.
- </li>
+ <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">config_test</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">config_info</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span></code>.<br><br>
+</li>
 <li>
           cd into <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">libs</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">config</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">test</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">all</span></code> and run <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bjam</span>
- </code><span class="emphasis"><em>MACRONAME<code class="computeroutput"> <span class="identifier">compiler</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">list</span></code></em></span>
- : where <span class="emphasis"><em>MACRONAME</em></span> is the name of the new macro, and
+ </code><span class="emphasis"><em>MACRONAME<code class="computeroutput"> <span class="identifier">compiler</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">list</span></code></em></span>,
+ where <span class="emphasis"><em>MACRONAME</em></span> is the name of the new macro, and
           <span class="emphasis"><em><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">compiler</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">list</span></code></em></span> is a space separated
- list of compilers to test with. You should see the tests pass with those
- compilers that don't have the defect, and fail with those that do.
- </li>
+ list of compilers to test with.<br><br> The xxx_pass_test and the
+ xxx_fail_test <span class="bold"><strong>should both report <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">**</span><span class="identifier">passed</span><span class="special">**</span></code></strong></span>.<br><br> If <span class="emphasis"><em>MACRONAME</em></span> is not defined when it should
+ be defined, xxx_pass_test will not report <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">**</span><span class="identifier">passed</span><span class="special">**</span></code>.
+ If <span class="emphasis"><em>MACRONAME</em></span> is defined when it should not be defined,
+ xxx_fail_test will not report <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">**</span><span class="identifier">passed</span><span class="special">**</span></code>.<br><br>
+</li>
 <li>
           cd into <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">libs</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">config</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">test</span></code> and run <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bjam</span>
           <span class="identifier">config_info</span> <span class="identifier">config_test</span>
- </code><span class="emphasis"><em><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">compiler</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">list</span></code></em></span>
- : <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">config_info</span></code> should build
+ </code><span class="emphasis"><em><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">compiler</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">list</span></code></em></span>.
+ <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">config_info</span></code> should build
           and run cleanly for all the compilers in <span class="emphasis"><em><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">compiler</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">list</span></code></em></span>
           while <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">config_test</span></code> should
           fail for those that have the defect, and pass for those that do not.
@@ -283,7 +289,8 @@
 </div>
 <div class="section" lang="en">
 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
-<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.adding_new_feature_test_macros"></a><a class="link" href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html#boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.adding_new_feature_test_macros" title="Adding New Feature Test Macros">Adding
+<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.adding_new_feature_test_macros"></a><a href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html#boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.adding_new_feature_test_macros" title="Adding
+ New Feature Test Macros">Adding
       New Feature Test Macros</a>
 </h3></div></div></div>
 <p>
@@ -307,7 +314,8 @@
 </div>
 <div class="section" lang="en">
 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
-<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.modifying_the_boost_configuration_headers"></a><a class="link" href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html#boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.modifying_the_boost_configuration_headers" title="Modifying the Boost Configuration Headers">Modifying
+<a name="boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.modifying_the_boost_configuration_headers"></a><a href="guidelines_for_boost_authors.html#boost_config.guidelines_for_boost_authors.modifying_the_boost_configuration_headers" title="Modifying
+ the Boost Configuration Headers">Modifying
       the Boost Configuration Headers</a>
 </h3></div></div></div>
 <p>
@@ -358,7 +366,7 @@
 </div>
 <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr>
 <td align="left"></td>
-<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2001 -2007 Beman Dawes, Vesa Karvonen, John Maddock<p>
+<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright &#169; 2001 -2007 Beman Dawes, Vesa Karvonen, John Maddock<p>
         Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
         file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
       </p>


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