[Boost-users] boost UTF suite namespace collision with user class names

Subject: [Boost-users] boost UTF suite namespace collision with user class names
From: Aras Vaichas (aras.vaichas_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-08-29 09:50:35

Hello,

I've just started using the Boost Unit Test Framework so my problem
may be a bit naive.

I would like to name each test suite after each of my classes.

e.g.

class foo { }

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(foo)
{
    foo bar;

    BOOST_REQUIRE_SOMETHING(bar ... etc ...);
}

This is a problem because the BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE macro expands to:

namespace foo { ... etc ... }

and the compiler gives an error:
'namespace foo{}' redeclared as a different symbol.

I solved the problem by changing the namespace name to something less
likely to collide.

e.g.

#define BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE( suite_name )                             \
namespace suite_name ## _boost {
           \
BOOST_AUTO_TU_REGISTRAR( suite_name ## _boost )( BOOST_STRINGIZE(
suite_name ) ); \
/**/

Tested and it works.

Comments?

regards,

Aras Vaichas