Re: [Boost-users] boost test with assert()

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost test with assert()
From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-21 14:20:07

Hicham Mouline wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use this test class:

What is your environment?

> 
> class SimulationIdTest
> {
> public:
>     static void TestDestructorAfterAddRemoveSimulation();
> 
>     static void TestDestructorAfterAddRemoveContractSimulation();
>     
>     static void AddTests(boost::unit_test::test_suite* suite);
> };
> 
> TestDestructorxxx() are written so that the code inside,
> indirectly, throws an assert(false) (not my code)

Catching an assert is tricky business, rarely successful.

> I would like to test that indeed, it does throw the assert(false).
> 
> void SimulationIdTest::AddTests(boost::unit_test::test_suite* suite)
> {
>     suite->add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(TestDestructorAfterAddRemoveSimulation), 1);
> }
> 
> I tried the above by saying there would be 1 failure, however the test suite
> stops
> on that failure ( the assert(false) ), even the second argument of
> suite->add is 1.

Assert is fatal error. Even if I am able to catch it I'll stop test 
execution immediately after.

Gennadiy.