Hi, ok I forgot one thing...
Vlad or any one sporting this patch, can you make a working patch against either 1.4 or my git repositories head? Preferably as a git patch / repository. It is hard to evaluate the patch in isolation. I thing we can trim some this and work on a middle ground. This since there where many requests to filter the tests in the past. Sean On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Sean Farrell <sean.farr...@rioki.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I see I have triggered a great discussion. My personal take on the > issue, aside with special issues with boost, are that UnitTest++ has > no dependencies except C++98 and that is good. This for two reasons: > > * It is easy to deploy UnitTest++ with almost no effort on basically > any platform. > * It makes UT++ small and clean. > > If you look at the source code it is even optimised to to use a custom > stream class. This was done since the original version was used and > deployed to the PS2. And the PS2 SDK did not have full C++98 support. > > I personally could live with saying that we could go as far as TR1, > but that would mean dropping VS 6 support. I do not have a problem > with that, but this did trigger a large and messy debate. > > The second thing, is do you need TR1 and boost? I have not seen a real > case where boost was a step froward. Yes boost does have some neat > features, but it is messy in its implementation. It is not very > modular, if you take one small feature you end of of needing at least > 4 other modules. In most cases this is the case because boost tries to > fix and implement all border cases, many of which do not concern you. > Also coding the feature for you special need takes you no less then 20 > minutes... > > I only looked at the second version of your patch, what did you need boost > for? > > My problem with the patch that is gives you many features you don't > really need. At least that is my take on the issue. I just plug my > unit test program into my IDE or build system and that it. I care only > about output if my test and thus build fails. > > I wanted some input if my impression is false and there are people who > need it. On the other hand I would like to see someone write a MFC / > Win32 test runner > that we can put in a add on library... Something shiny that you can > show your boss... > > Vlad, I honestly do not want to degrade your work. But one of the > features of UT++ is that it is small and slim and that should stay > this way. There are many bloated unit testing frameworks out there... > Just look at CppUnit or Unit++ ... > > Sean > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Vlad <v...@demoninsight.com> wrote: >> >> On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Clark Gaebel wrote: >> >>>> UT++ core should use only standard C++ and platform specific code. >> >> But what is "standard"? Is TR1 standard? C++98, C++03, C++0x ? Plus the fact >> that large chunks of boost *will* become standard, because the standards >> committee and the boost team overlap. >> >> Yet once again: I have submitted a version #2 that uses nothing outside of >> STL and I would be happy if it is included only as a contrib/ or example/. I >> have also volunteered to write a tutorial on how to write a custom reporter >> with mine as the working example. >> >> Isn't there anything acceptable in my offer? >> >> Vlad >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation >> Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business >> Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts >> Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com >> _______________________________________________ >> unittest-cpp-devel mailing list >> unittest-cpp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unittest-cpp-devel >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ unittest-cpp-devel mailing list unittest-cpp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unittest-cpp-devel
