From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-10 11:27:27
> I'm not sure that's possible. And there is a much easier solution. The
> tests can be changed to have the needed #include references to all
> those headers. All it takes is adding this, to each point there is
> the above
> PP include:
>
> /*
> #include "text_archive.hpp"
> #include "text_warchive.hpp"
> #include "binary_archive.hpp"
> #include "xml_archive.hpp"
> #include "xml_warchive.hpp"
> */
>
> Since it's commented out the tests themselves don't change behavior.
> And since bjam doesn't care about comments it will find them. If the
> extra typing is a bummer those, along with the PP include, could be
> placed in
> a separate archive_test.hpp which has:
>
> #include BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(BOOST_ARCHIVE_TEST)
> /*
> #include "text_archive.hpp"
> #include "text_warchive.hpp"
> #include "binary_archive.hpp"
> #include "xml_archive.hpp"
> #include "xml_warchive.hpp"
> */
>
> And then change the PP includes to '#include "archive_test.hpp"'.
> Drawback is that a library change will cause every type of archive to
> be tested, but it would do that anyway even if bjam parsed the PP
> include :-)
That sounds like a plan, Robert?
We just need to reliably solve the "test X run depends on test Y run output"
in a way that Robert can maintain, or failing that just hack it so that we
can clear the regressions for 1.33.1.
John.