Re: [Boost-users] [test] assert fails - all tests passing

From: Juergen Hunold (juergen.hunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-15 12:18:28

Hi Noah !

On Thursday 15 May 2008, Noah Roberts wrote:
> This doesn't make a lot of sense to me and seems like new behavior in
> .35:
>
> Running 1 test case...
> commands: commands.cpp:5: void test_construct(): Assertion `false'
> failed.
>
> *** No errors detected
> PASS: commands
> ==================
> All 1 tests passed
> ==================
>
>
> Previously, the use of BOOST_ASSERT(xxx) was the method of testing. 
> Is that different now?
>
> Previously, I didn't return anything from the function, I just
> assert. Is that different now?

This bug was fixed in trunk in r45160.
See 

http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2008/04/136805.php

for the complete thread.

> Boost.Test isn't listed in the updated libraries for .35 but this is
> definitely not the behavior I was getting in .34

Yes, this was a regression :-((

Yours,

Jürgen

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