I have a function in my program that uses BOOST_CHECK* macros but is not part of a test suite. This is not allowed, of course, and the program fails, but not as I might expect it do. It gives an access violation in framework.hpp:

test_unit const& get( test_unit_id id, test_unit_type t ) { test_unit const* res = s_frk_impl().m_test_units[id];

if( (res->p_type & t) == 0 ) //<<<<<<<<<<<<< access violation here throw std::logic_error( "Invalid test unit type" );

return *res; }

and the error message "Boost.Test internal framework error: unknown reason".

Obviously, my code is wrong, but I'm wondering whether it indicates a bug in the Boost library. Should the library trap this and give a more meaningful error message? Perhaps assert(res != 0); or if (res != 0) ... else ... is required before the "if" in the get() function.

Paul

I will have to look into this. Could you provide a simple test program? Gennadiy