Re: [Boost-users] [Test] Running individual test cases

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-17 13:19:18

"Sohail Somani" <s.somani_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:1C1EBEF8DBACDC439D038EA051674EC735B961_at_xbox.financialcad.com...
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
>> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of
>> Gennadiy Rozental
>> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 9:31 AM
>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Test] Running individual test cases
>>
>>
>> "Sohail Somani" <s.somani_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>> news:1C1EBEF8DBACDC439D038EA051674EC735B941_at_xbox.financialcad.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I recall a thread about running individual test cases by name. Might
>> > even have been yesterday. Anyway, I'd like to put in a "me
>> too" vote for
>> > that and also ask what I can currently do to continue using the auto
>> > registration capability but perhaps modify it to only
>> register certain
>> > functions? Would I need to create my own test suite?
>>
>> I could always use compile time switches
>
> This *could* work, but imho it really prevents the quick turn around you
> need when debugging unit tests. I personally would prefer the test
> runner to by default run all tests and given a bunch of --run_test=test1
> --run_test=test2 command line arguments, it runs only those tests.
>
> If you could tell me what to read or change to get the framework to do
> this, I'd be happy.

It's not simple chnage. It requires modifications on many levels. You will 
have to wait will 1.35. Sorry.

Gennadiy