[Boost-users] [test]

From: Paul Giaccone (paulg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-01 08:09:35

Is the use of BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL not permitted in 
init_unit_test_suite(int argc, char* argv[])?

The following code throws an exception and reports the error "Boost.Test 
internal framework error: unknown reason"

    boost::unit_test::test_suite* init_unit_test_suite(int argc, char* 
argv[])
    {
        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foo(argc, argv), 0);

        boost::unit_test::test_suite* test = BOOST_TEST_SUITE("My test");
        test -> add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(&test1));
        test -> add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(&test2));

        return test;
    }

when the following works without any problems:

    boost::unit_test::test_suite* init_unit_test_suite(int argc, char* 
argv[])
    {
        int result = foo(argc, argv);
        assert(result == 0);

        boost::unit_test::test_suite* test = BOOST_TEST_SUITE("My test");
        test -> add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(&test1));
        test -> add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(&test2));

        return test;
    }

I have no problem with using the latter code, but I am surprised that I 
get an exception in the former code and that it is caught by "..." and 
not by the library.  If BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (and BOOST_CHECK, 
BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE, etc) is not allowed in init_unit_test_suite(), is 
this fact documented?  Should it generate an exception that can be 
caught by the library and reported with a useful message?

Thanks,

Paul