Re: [Boost-Users] Re: how to create fixtures in unit test framework

From: Dave Gomboc (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-01 08:27:28

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Anders Moe wrote:

> Having given some thought to this during the weekend I have also realized a 
> significant difference between ctor/dtor and setup/teardown, as was posted 
> in another subthread of this thread, namely this :
> 
> 1) the ctor(s) is called at test _setup_ time, while the setup(s) is called 
> at test _runtime_
> 2) the dtor(s) is called at test suite exit time, while the teardown(s) is 
> called, again, at test runtime.

I may just be missing something, I've been up all night :-), but it's not
obvious to me why one cannot accomplish setup/teardown by appropriate use
of RAII.  Could someone post a concrete example?

Dave