Re: [Boost-users] [BULK] Re: [BULK] Re: [Test] redirecting unit test report

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-23 16:26:20

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> Gennadiy Rozental
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:40 PM
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> Subject: [BULK] Re: [Boost-users] [BULK] Re: [Test] 
> redirecting unit test report
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> 
> Because instances of global_fixure aren't supposed to be 
> destructed through 
> abstract pointer. Which is reinforced by protected destructor.

Ah. I had a suspicion of this.

> > All this could be avoided if you go the route of 
> BOOST_ASSERT in that 
> > you can define hooks via some free standing functions.
> 
> What could be avoided and how an alternative would look like?

I was thinking of avoiding the need for classes. But since context was
snipped I went back and read over the thread again and it seems that you
need classes.