Re: [Boost-testing] Using BoostTest to run unit tests multiple times without quitting test runner

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] Using BoostTest to run unit tests multiple times without quitting test runner
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-14 20:16:20

AMDG

On 05/14/2012 04:29 PM, Pankaj wrote:
> I want to use Boost Test to run unit tests multiple times without quitting
> the test runner. Here is the pseudo-code to demonstrate what I want to do:
> 

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> void main()
> {
> 	for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
> 	{
> 		char *arguments[] ={	"MyApplication.exe", 
> 					"--detect_memory_leak=0"
> 				};
> 
> 		boost::unit_test::unit_test_main( &init_function, 2, arguments);
> 	}
> }
> 
> 
> The first time unit_test_main is called, all the boost tests run fine but in
> the second iteration, boost test throws an exception.
> 
> I looked at the internal code and found that framework is initialized
> everytime unit_test_main is called and if framework is already initialized,
> boost test doesn't like initializing framework again.
> 
> Please let me know if there is any way to run units test multiple times
> without quitting test runner.
> 

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe