[Boost-testing] Re: pjb intel-win32 tests

From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-10 09:18:34

Jeff Garland wrote:
  >
> Hmm, I think those failures should be of great concern to library authors. 
> The way I understood the 'release mode test issue' was that the tests of some
> libraries wouldn't test much in release mode because asserts and other test
> infratructure would compile out without debug on.  My view is that I want to
> know if my library is going to misbehave in release mode b/c I deliver
> products compiled in release mode -- not debug.  So I consider it best
> practice to develop and execute tests in release mode.
> 

I second that, but I remember there were complaints when Rene and I 
started to test release builds for 1.32. What you say about asserts is 
perfectly right: IMO these tests should always pass in release 
configuration (currently, most of them fail).

Stefan