Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] BOOST_FAIL vs BOOST_ERROR

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] BOOST_FAIL vs BOOST_ERROR
From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-14 12:56:39

Greg Christopher <gchristopher <at> vmware.com> writes:

> This is true- we can use warn to mean aborting test although 
> it seems to go against what most "first readers"
> of the code would think it is.

warning by itself does not cause test case to abort.
 
> This actually has raised another question for me. I am looking at fixtures. 
> I would like to abort if the setup step fails.
> 
> Unfortunately, setup is a constructor. I take it that means to 
> abort if setup fails, I need to throw? 

Yes.

> Is there a specific exception I can throw to make it abort the current 
> test case vs abort the test framework? 

Any C++ exception

> Maybe
> just using a BOOST_REQUIRE() statement in the constructor will work?

BOOST_REQUIRE should work just fine. Note that you'll have 1 warning and 1 fatal
failure reported in an output.

Gennadiy