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/ Copyright (c) 2003 Boost.Test contributors
/
/ Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
/ file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
/]
[section:testing_tools Writing unit tests]
Once a test case has been declared, the body of this test should be written. A test case is a
sequence of operations in which *assertions* are inserted. Those assertions evaluate /statements/ that implement the expectation being validated,
and report failures and/or information in a uniform manner, depending on the [link boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.log_level log level].
The __UTF__'s supplies a toolbox of assertions to ease the creation and maintenance of test cases and
provide a uniform error reporting mechanism. The toolbox supplied is in most part in a form of macro declarations.
An (almost) unique interface to all of them implemented by the macro __BOOST_TEST__.
[note All macros arguments are calculated once, so it's safe to pass complex expressions in their place.]
All tools automatically supply an error location: a file name and a line number, which can also be overridden.
[caution The testing tools are intended for unit test code rather than library or production code, where throwing exceptions, using `assert()`,
`boost::concept_check` or `BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT()` may be more suitable ways to detect and report errors.]
For a list of all supplied testing tools and usage examples, see the [link boost_test.testing_tools.summary summary]
or the [link boost_test.utf_reference.testing_tool_ref reference].
[include assertions_severity_levels.qbk]
[include boost_test_universal_macro.qbk]
[include boost_test_reported_information.qbk]
[section:extended_comparison Extended comparisons support]
[include testing_floating_points.qbk]
[include boost_test_string_comparison.qbk]
[include boost_test_collection_comparison.qbk]
[include boost_test_bitwise_comparison.qbk]
[endsect]
[include testing_exception_correctness.qbk]
[include timeout.qbk]
[include expected_failures.qbk]
[include custom_predicates.qbk]
[include testing_output_streams.qbk]
[include boost_test_technical_details.qbk]
[include boost_test_debugging.qbk]
[include testing_tools_summary.qbk]
[endsect] [/ testing tools]
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