[Boost-users] Boost documentation simple example fails

Subject: [Boost-users] Boost documentation simple example fails
From: hmiller_at_[hidden]
Date: 2010-06-07 11:32:04

I know I must be doing something wrong.  I am trying to use the very  
simple example at:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_43_0/libs/test/doc/html/tutorials/hello-the-testing-world.html

#include <my_class.hpp>
#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE MyTest
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( my_test )
{
     my_class test_object( "qwerty" );

     BOOST_CHECK( test_object.is_valid() );
}

I constructed and compiled a very simple class to use, but I get a  
compile error using the simple test above.  I am using gcc version  
4.1.2 on SUSE_linux.  The compile error I get is:

test_my_class.cpp:5: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type  
conversion before '(' token

It is as if the compiler does not recognize BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE.

Here is the my_class.hpp file:
//====================
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class my_class
{
   public:
     my_class( string str );
     ~my_class();
   private:
     bool valid;
   public:
     bool is_valid();
};

Here is my_class.cpp file:
//====================
#include "my_class.hpp"
my_class::my_class( string str )
{
   valid = false;
}
my_class::~my_class()
{
}
bool my_class::is_valid()
{
   return valid;
}

I may have made some typos while entering this code, but it does  
compile, and it does function properly when I instantiate it with  
another test program.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Herb Miller