Re: [Boost-users] Boost documentation simple example fails

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost documentation simple example fails
From: hmiller_at_[hidden]
Date: 2010-06-08 15:52:09

I think the whole problem is related to the version.  I am new to the  
project I am working on, and their version of Boost is 1.33.1.  I have  
been able to get some other things to work under that version.

Thanks for the help.
Herb Miller

Quoting "Steven Watanabe" <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>:

> AMDG
>
> hmiller_at_[hidden] wrote:
>> 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.
>> <snip>
>
> If you're using an old version of the test library (I don't remember  
> exactly when
> the cutoff is), you need #include <boost/test/test_tools.hpp>
>
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe
>
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