I'm getting a "stop the script" error when running the test for testfacet_dll (VC7.1) it pops up a requestor telling me the program terminated unexpectedly, and (unfortunately) waits for a human reply (which causes my scheduled run to stop after 4 hours (it starts at 0300 local)), so I'm not getting the rest of the tests run. I chased it down to a std:exception w/ what() == bad cast I'm refining where the error occurs. with the following patches to testfacet.cpp: RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/libs/date_time/test/gregorian/testfacet.cpp,v retrieving revision 1.14 diff -w -r1.14 testfacet.cpp 11c11 < ---

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catch(std::exception& e) {check(e.what(), false);} catch(...) {check("some unknown exception found", false);} } ======================================================================== I get the following output when I run it from the command line

C:\Projects\boost\status>..\bin\boost\libs\date_time\test\testfacet_dll.test\vc7.1\debug\testfacet_dll Pass :: check german short month: Okt Pass :: check german short month: Okt Pass :: check ymd: 01.Okt.2002 Pass :: ostream low level check string:01.Okt.2002 global: C Pass :: no registered facet here Pass :: facet registered here Pass :: check string imbued ostream: 2002-Okt-01 Pass :: check string imbued ostream: +unbegrenztheit Pass :: check string imbued ostream: +unbegrenztheit Pass :: check string imbued ostream: NichtDatumzeit Pass :: check any old ostream: 2002-Oct-01 Pass :: check date order: 01.10.2002 Pass :: check date order: 2002 Okt 01 Pass :: check date order: Oktober 01 2002 Pass :: check date period: [Oktober 01 2002/Oktober 03 2002] Pass :: date_duration stream out Pass :: date_duration stream out Pass :: partial date stream out Pass :: nth kday of month Pass :: first kday of month Pass :: last kday of month Pass :: first kday after Pass :: first kday after 26 Jun second Fri of Sep first Sat of May last Mon of Aug Thu after Tue before FAIL :: bad cast FAIL :: Stream in month FAIL :: bad cast C:\Projects\boost\status> ================================================================================== the log appears to show that this test PASSED tho..... execute-test ..\bin\boost\libs\date_time\test\testfacet_dll.test\vc7.1\debug\testfacet_dll.run 1 file(s) copied. **passed** ..\bin\boost\libs\date_time\test\testfacet_dll.test\vc7.1\debug\testfacet_dll.test ================================================================================== I'm working on getting some better "catch unknown exception" code put together so it can be added readily to tests to keep this from happening in the future. Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com The five most dangerous words in the English language: "There oughta be a law"