Re: [Boost-Users] unit testing framework for c++ in boost?

From: Volker Boerchers (vboerchers_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-16 02:41:37

On Wed, 15 May 2002, Noel Yap wrote:

> --- srivatsan raghavan <machinshin2002_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> > anyone know if there are plans to write a unit
> > testing
> > framework in boost? 
> > i've checked out unit++ , the interface doesn't seem
> > very intuitive, and it seems rather feature limited
> > and i kinda like CppUnit, but i get the feeling that
> > since it's very similar to JUnit's interface, it's
> > not
> > as  c++ friendly as it could be .. 
> > anyone know? 
> 
> I haven't tried unit++.  I've been using CppUnit. 
> Since C++ doesn't have reflection, it won't be able to
> do what JUnit does (ie automagically extrapolate the
> list of test cases).  Although I haven't tried it, I
> think a script may be written to perform this magic to
> produce something consumable by CppUnit.  Has anyone
> seen anything like this?

this issue has been discussed on the cppunit-mailinglist:

  http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=588740&forum_id=6698

Regards,
Volker
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