Re: [Boost-users] Boost Test thread safety

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost Test thread safety
From: Raffi Enficiaud (raffi.enficiaud_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-02-20 21:43:46

On 19.11.18 16:25, Dan Field via Boost-users wrote:
> Hi folks:
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> 
> I’m trying to identify whether or not the boost Test library is thread
> safe in the sense that multiple threads can simultaneously interact with
> the library’s various macros and API. I’m more interested in a single
> test being multi-threaded than being able to run multiple test cases
> simultaneously.
> 
>  
> 
> In early documentation of the Test library (version 1.58.0 and before) ,
> there’s a section in the introduction called “Open issues” that
> indicates that the library is /not/ thread-safe. However, the
> documentation after 1.58.0 was substantially re-written, and I don’t see
> any discussion regarding thread safety at all.
> 
>  
> 
> The question remains… is the Test library thread-safe or not? If there
> is a definitive statement regarding this issue, please let me know.
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>  
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> Thanks in advance!
> 

As of today, virtually nothing has been done to make the library thread
safe. It is not impossible but it would require quite a chunk of work.

Raffi