Re: [Boost-users] Aborting on Boost.Test check failure

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Aborting on Boost.Test check failure
From: Jeremiah Willcock (jewillco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-05 15:21:04

On Mon, 5 Mar 2012, Ovanes Markarian wrote:

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> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Jeremiah Willcock <jewillco_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>       On Mon, 5 Mar 2012, Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
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>             Jeremiah Willcock <jewillco <at> osl.iu.edu> writes:
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>                   Is there a way to force an abort() or some other kind of
>                   debugger-catchable event when a Boost.Test test case (such as a
>                   BOOST_CHECK) fails?  Is there a function I can set a breakpoint on?  I do
>                   not see anything like that in the documentation.  I am running on Linux
>                   with gdb.
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>             You can switch to BOOST_REQUIRE and catch throw.
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> Does that mean needing to change all of the tests to use that?  Also, what about doing that in a program that throws (and catches) other exceptions not related to
> test failures?
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> Is using of GDB catchpoints an option for you (http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/gdb/gdb_31.html)? Or would you like to automate it somehow? Boost Test offers to start a
> debugger when an exception is raised, I never tried it out, but seems to be an interesting runtime-option
> (auto_start_dbg): http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_1/libs/test/doc/html/utf/user-guide/runtime-config/reference.html. Is it going to work with gdb as well?

Yes, as long as there are directions for what to do.  The auto_start_dbg 
option didn't seem to work; it appears that option will only catch system 
errors, not test failures (at least from what I read in the 
documentation).

-- Jeremiah Willcock