Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] reporting tests with warnings

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Test] reporting tests with warnings
From: Richard (legalize+jeeves_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-16 13:35:10

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boost-users_at_[hidden] spake the secret code
<87ipml2c8u.fsf_at_[hidden]> thusly:

>Boost.Test already support three "symbols":
>
>  BOOST_REQUIRE_*
>  BOOST_CHECK_*
>  BOOST_WARN_*
>
>What you're seems to be implying is that BOOST_WARN_* is a bad idea.

Not just BOOST_WARN_*, but also BOOST_CHECK_* since they keep
executing a failed test case.  If you keep executing a test case
that's already failed, it is highly likely in C++ that the test
runner will simply crash.

>I disagree, because there are "failure" modes that are not release
>critical.

Segregate them into a separate test project, change the warnings to
failures and setup a separate CI build for them.
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