That's what all the other tests do. These tests verify that that an archive saved under one version can be loaded when the class version is changed. Class version is a program wide compile time seriailization trait for a class so one can't really can't have a single executable which saves under an old version and loads under a newer one. That is why these tests are separate. I had hope that the bjam would permit DEPENDS syntax like test_load_xml.run requires test_save_xml.run. In fact the bjam syntax does permit it but it has no effect. I would hope that bjam v2 addresses this issue in some way though I havn't checked. Robert Ramey Doug Gregor wrote:
Perhaps after the release you should consider combining the load & save tests for each archive/type combination into a single test. Just dump the file and then read it back immediately.