Re: [Boost-users] Library Interface Design

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-14 07:09:14

Scott Meyers <usenet_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hmmm, I'd think this entire constructor would exist only in debug 
> builds, e.g.,
>
>    class EventLog {
>    public:
>    #ifdef DEBUG
>      EventLog(bool dummyarg);
>    #endif
>
> Unfortunately, conditional compilation is not without its own resultant 
> spaghetti code and concomitant maintenance headaches.

I'd much rather develop a library of mock objects for testing.  Okay a
conforming mock stream may be a little work to write, but you write it
once and you're done.

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Dave Abrahams
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