| -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Gennadiy Rozental | Sent: 03 February 2006 16:23 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Subject: Re: [boost] [Test] Link succeeds without | BOOST_TEST_MAIN defined | | > The following unexpectedly(?) links and run: | > --- | > #include <boost/test/auto_unit_test.hpp> | > | > boost::unit_test::test_suite* | > init_unit_test_suite( int, char*[] ) | > { | > boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().p_name.value = | > "whatever"; | > return 0; | > } | > --- | > | > Don't I need to define BOOST_TEST_MAIN in this case? Is | this as intended? | > I'm using the latest cvs and UTF as a static library. | | The only purpose of BOOST_TEST_MAIN for regular build is to | define this init | function. So obviously this is working. so is the effect of BOOST_TEST_MAIN to define, with the name "Master Test suite" | > boost::unit_test::test_suite* | > init_unit_test_suite( int, char*[] ) | > { | > boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().p_name.value = | > "Master test suite"; | > return 0; | > } If so, it might be worth saying just this. But if I write #define BOOST_TEST_MAIN "My Test suite" I might naively expect it to be be logged as Test suite "My Test Suite" failed with: ..... But this doesn't seem to happen. Perhaps it easily could? Paul PS not able to FTP suck code from your machine today. Maybe it has a rest on Sunday? ;-) -- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB Phone and SMS text +44 1539 561830, Mobile and SMS text +44 7714 330204 mailto: pbristow@hetp.u-net.com http://www.hetp.u-net.com/index.html http://www.hetp.u-net.com/Paul%20A%20Bristow%20info.html