[Boost-users] [boost.test] How to register custom exception for auto test?

Subject: [Boost-users] [boost.test] How to register custom exception for auto test?
From: Jörg Becker (news_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-19 06:39:34

On Thursday 08 November 2012 22:19:09 Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> Jörg Becker <news <at> familiebecker.com> writes:
> > I expect to see: Caught my_exception1
> 
> This is what I observe with trunk build.
> 
> > I get:
> > Running 1 test case...
> > unknown location(0): fatal error in "excption1_test": unknown type
> > 
> > Environment:
> > boost 1.49.0
> > gcc 4.6.3
> > Fedora 15
> > linked boost test library
> 
> Weird. Should have worked.
> 
> Gennadiy

Hello again!

I just gave boost 1.55.0 with gcc 4.7.2 a try. But the old test in my initial 
mail still results in unknown location(0): fatal error in "excption1_test": 
unknown type.

Since I was sure I saw the custom exception handling working one day, I tried 
the header only version by including 
#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>.
And  this time I saw the expected result: Caught my_exception1!!!

Unfortunately I have to use the dynamic library test variant. So can anybody 
tell me how to enable the custom exception handling for the dynamic test 
library? What is the difference to the header-only variant (concerning the 
exception handling).

Thanks for any hints
Jörg