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 | ||
|  |     <h1>A testing system for Boost.Build<br class="clear"> | ||
|  |     </h1> | ||
|  |     <hr> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <dl class="page-index"> | ||
|  |       <dt><a href="#sec-intro">Introduction for users</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <dd> | ||
|  |         <dl class="page-index"> | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#sec-command-line-options">Command line options</a></dt> | ||
|  |         </dl> | ||
|  |       </dd> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <dt><a href="#sec-developers">Introduction for developers</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <dd> | ||
|  |         <dl class="page-index"> | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#sec-intro-changing">Changing the working | ||
|  |           directory</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#sec-intro-examining">Examining the working directory and | ||
|  |           changing it</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#sec-intro-results">Test result</a></dt> | ||
|  |         </dl> | ||
|  |       </dd> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <dt><a href="#sec-reference">Reference documentation</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <dd> | ||
|  |         <dl class="page-index"> | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#method-__init__">Method __init__</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#method-set_tree">Method <tt>set_tree</tt></a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#method-write">Method <tt>write</tt></a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#method-copy">Method <tt>copy</tt></a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#method-touch">Method <tt>touch</tt></a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#method-run_build_system">Method | ||
|  |           <tt>run_build_system</tt></a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#method-read">Method <tt>read</tt></a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#method-read_and_strip">Method | ||
|  |           <tt>read_and_strip</tt></a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#methods-expectations">Methods for declaring | ||
|  |           expectations</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#methods-ignoring">Methods for ignoring | ||
|  |           changes</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#methods-result">Methods for explicitly specifying | ||
|  |           results</a></dt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <dt><a href="#class-list">Helper class <tt>List</tt></a></dt> | ||
|  |         </dl> | ||
|  |       </dd> | ||
|  |     </dl> | ||
|  |     <hr> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h2><a name="sec-intro">Introduction for users</a></h2> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The testing system for Boost.Build is a small set of Python modules and | ||
|  |     scripts for automatically testing user-obversable behaviour. It uses | ||
|  |     components from testing systems of <a href="http://www.scons.org">Scons</a> | ||
|  |     and <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org">Subversion</a>, together with | ||
|  |     some additional functionality.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>To run the tests you need to:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ol> | ||
|  |       <li>Get the source tree of Boost.Build (located at <tt>tools/build</tt> | ||
|  |       in Boost)</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Have <a href="http://www.python.org">Python</a> installed. Version | ||
|  |       2.1 is known to work.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Build Boost.Jam. See <a href= | ||
|  |       "../engine/index.html">$boost_build_root/engine/index.html</a> for | ||
|  |       instructions.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Configure at least one toolset. You can edit <tt>site-config.jam</tt> | ||
|  |       or <tt>user-config.jam</tt> to add new toolsets. Or you can create file | ||
|  |       <tt>test-config.jam</tt> in <tt>$boost_build_root/test</tt> directory. In | ||
|  |       this case, <tt>site-config.jam</tt> and <tt>user-config.jam</tt> will be | ||
|  |       ignored for testing.</li> | ||
|  |     </ol> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>When all is set, you can run all the tests using the <tt>test_all.py</tt> | ||
|  |      script or you can run a specific test by starting its Python script | ||
|  |      directly.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Examples:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <pre class="code"> | ||
|  | python test_all.py | ||
|  | python generators_test.py | ||
|  | </pre> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>If everything is OK, you will see a list of passed tests. Otherwise, a | ||
|  |     failure will be reported.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="sec-command-line-options">Command line options</a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Test scripts will use the toolset you configured to be the default or | ||
|  |     you can specify a specific one on the command line:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <pre class="code"> | ||
|  | python test_all.py borland | ||
|  | python generators_test.py msvc-7.1 | ||
|  | </pre> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Other test script flags you can specify on the command line are:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ul> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>--default-bjam</tt> -- By default the test system will use the | ||
|  |         Boost Jam executable found built in its default development build | ||
|  |         location. This option makes it use the default one available on your | ||
|  |         system, i.e. the one found in the system path.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         <li><tt>--preserve</tt> -- In case of a failed test its working | ||
|  |         directory will be copied to the "failed_test" directory under the | ||
|  |         current directory.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         <li><tt>--verbose</tt> -- Makes the test system and the run build system | ||
|  |         display additional output. Note though that this may cause tests that | ||
|  |         check the build system output to fail.</li> | ||
|  |     </ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h2><a name="sec-developers">Introduction for developers</a></h2> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>It is suggested that every new functionality come together with tests, | ||
|  |     and that bugfixes are accompanied by tests. There's no need to say that | ||
|  |     tests are good, but two points are extremely important:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ul> | ||
|  |       <li>For an interpreted language like Jam, without any static checks, | ||
|  |       testing is simply the only sefeguard we can have.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Good tests allow us to change internal design much more safely, and we | ||
|  |       have not gotten everything nailed down yet.</li> | ||
|  |     </ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Adding a new test is simple:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ol> | ||
|  |       <li>Go to <tt>$boost_build_root/test/test_all.py</tt> and add new test | ||
|  |       name to the list at the end of the file. Suppose the test name is "hello". | ||
|  |       </li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Add a new python module, in this example "hello.py", to do the actual | ||
|  |       testing.</li> | ||
|  |     </ol> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The module, in general will perform these basic actions:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ol> | ||
|  |       <li>Set up the initial working directory state</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li> | ||
|  |         Run the build system and check the results: | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |         <ol> | ||
|  |           <li>generated output,</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <li>changes made to the working directory,</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |           <li>new content of the working directory.</li> | ||
|  |         </ol> | ||
|  |       </li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Add, remove or touch files or change their content and then repeat | ||
|  |       the previous step until satisfied.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Clean up</li> | ||
|  |     </ol> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The "hello.py" module might contain:</p> | ||
|  | <pre class="example"> | ||
|  | from BoostBuild import List | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | # Create a temporary working directory | ||
|  | t = BoostBuild.Tester() | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | # Create the needed files | ||
|  | t.write("jamroot.jam", "") | ||
|  | t.write("jamfile.jam", """ | ||
|  | exe hello : hello.cpp ; | ||
|  | """) | ||
|  | t.write("hello.cpp", """ | ||
|  | int main() | ||
|  | { | ||
|  |     return 0; | ||
|  | } | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | """) | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | t.run_build_system() | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | # First, create a list of three pathnames. | ||
|  | file_list = List("bin/$toolset/debug/") * List("hello.exe hello.obj") | ||
|  | # Second, assert that those files were added as result of the last build system invocation. | ||
|  | t.expect_addition(file_list) | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | # Invoke the build system once again. | ||
|  | t.run_build_system("clean") | ||
|  | # Check if the files added previously were removed. | ||
|  | t.expect_removal(file_list) | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | # Remove temporary directories | ||
|  | t.cleanup() | ||
|  | </pre> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The <tt>test</tt> directory contains a file "template.py" which can be | ||
|  |     used as a start for your own tests.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Overview of the most important methods of class <tt>Tester</tt> follows. | ||
|  |     </p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="sec-intro-changing">Changing the working directory</a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The class <tt>Tester</tt> creates a temporary directory in its | ||
|  |     constructor and changes to that directory. It can be modified by calling | ||
|  |     these methods:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ul> | ||
|  |       <li><tt>set_tree</tt> -- sets the content of the working directory to be | ||
|  |       equal to the content of the specified directory. This method is | ||
|  |       preferrable when directory tree for testing is large.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li><tt>write</tt> -- sets the content of file in a working directory. | ||
|  |       This is optimal if you want to create a directory tree with 3-4 small | ||
|  |       files.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li><tt>touch</tt> -- changes the modification times of a file</li> | ||
|  |     </ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="sec-intro-examining">Examining the working directory and | ||
|  |     changing it</a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The method <tt>read</tt>, inherited from the <tt>TestCmd</tt> class, can | ||
|  |     be used to read any file in the working directory and check its content. | ||
|  |     <tt>Tester</tt> adds another method for tracking changes. Whenever the build | ||
|  |     system is run (using <a href="#method-run_build_system"><tt>run_build_system | ||
|  |     </tt></a>), the working dir state before and after running is recorded. In | ||
|  |     addition, difference between the two states -- i.e. lists of files that were | ||
|  |     added, removed, modified or touched -- are stored in two member variables - | ||
|  |     <tt>tree_difference</tt> and <tt>unexpected_difference</tt>.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>After than, the test author may specify that some change is expected, for | ||
|  |     example, by calling <tt>expect_addition("foo")</tt>. This call will check if | ||
|  |     the file was indeed added, and if so, will remove its name from the list of | ||
|  |     added files in <tt>unexpected_difference</tt>. Likewise, it is possible to | ||
|  |     specify that some changes are not interesting, for example a call to | ||
|  |     <tt>ignore("*.obj")</tt> will just remove every file with the ".obj" | ||
|  |     extension from <tt>unexpected_difference</tt>.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>When test has finished with expectations and ignoring, the member | ||
|  |     <tt>unexpected_difference</tt> will contain the list of all changes not yet | ||
|  |     accounted for. It is possible to assure that this list is empty by calling | ||
|  |     the <tt>expect_nothing_more</tt> member function.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="sec-intro-results">Test result</a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Any of the <tt>expect*</tt> methods below will fail the test if the | ||
|  |     expectation is not met. It is also possible to perform manually arbitrary | ||
|  |     test and explicitly cause the test to either pass or fail. Ordinary | ||
|  |     filesystem functions can be used to work with the directory tree. Methods | ||
|  |     <tt>pass_test</tt> and <tt>fail_test</tt> are used to explicitly give the | ||
|  |     test outcome.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Typically, after test termination, the working directory is erased. See | ||
|  |     the <a href="#sec-command-line-options">"--preserve" command line option</a> | ||
|  |     for information on how to preserve the working directory content for failed | ||
|  |     tests for debugging purposes.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h2 id="sec-reference">Reference documentation</h2> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The test system is composed of class <tt>Tester</tt>, derived form | ||
|  |     <tt>TestCmd.TestCmd</tt>, and helper class <tt>List</tt>. <tt>Tester</tt> | ||
|  |     and <tt>List</tt> methods are described below.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The documentation frequently refers to <tt>filename</tt>. In all cases, | ||
|  |     files are specified in unix style: a sequence of components, separated by | ||
|  |     "/". This is true on all platforms. In some contexts a list of files is | ||
|  |     allowed. In those cases any object with a sequence interface is allowed.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="method-__init__">Method <tt>__init__(self, arguments="", | ||
|  |     executable="bjam", match=TestCmd.match_exact, boost_build_path=None, | ||
|  |     translate_suffixes=True, pass_toolset=True, use_test_config=True, | ||
|  |     ignore_toolset_requirements=True, workdir="", **keywords)</tt></a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Optional arguments:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ul> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>arguments</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Arguments passed to the run executable.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>executable</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Name of the executable to invoke.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>match</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Function to use for compating actual and expected file contents. | ||
|  |             </li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>boost_build_path</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Boost build path to be passed to the run executable.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>translate_suffixes</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Whether to update suffixes on the the file names passed from the | ||
|  |             test script so they match those actually created by the current | ||
|  |             toolset. For example, static library files are specified by using | ||
|  |             the .lib suffix but when the 'gcc' toolset is used it actually | ||
|  |             creates them using the .a suffix.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>pass_toolset</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Whether the test system should pass the specified toolset to the | ||
|  |             run executable.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>use_test_config</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Whether the test system should tell the run executable to read in | ||
|  |             the test_config.jam configuration file.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>ignore_toolset_requirements</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Whether the test system should tell the run executable to ignore | ||
|  |             toolset requirements.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>workdir</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Indicates an absolute directory where the test will be run from. | ||
|  |             </li> | ||
|  |     </ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Optional arguments inherited from the base class:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ul> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>description</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Test description string displayed in case of a failed test.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>subdir</tt> | ||
|  |             -- List of subdirectories to automatically create under the working | ||
|  |               directory. Each subdirectory needs to be specified separately | ||
|  |               parent coming before its child.</li> | ||
|  |         <li><tt>verbose</tt> | ||
|  |             -- Flag that may be used to enable more verbose test system output. | ||
|  |             Note that it does not also enable more verbose build system output | ||
|  |             like the <a href="#sec-command-line-options">"--verbose" command | ||
|  |             line option</a> does.</li> | ||
|  |     </ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ol> | ||
|  |       <li>Remembers the current working directory in member | ||
|  |       <tt>original_workdir</tt>.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Determines the location of the executable (<code>bjam</code> by | ||
|  |       default) and build system files, assuming that the current directory is | ||
|  |       <tt>tools/build/test</tt>. Formulates jam invocation command, which | ||
|  |       will include explicit setting for the <tt>BOOST_BUILD_PATH</tt> variable | ||
|  |       and arguments passed to this methods, if any. This command will be used | ||
|  |       by subsequent invocation of <a href="#method-run_build_system"><tt> | ||
|  |       run_build_system</tt></a>. Finally, initializes the base class.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Changes the current working directory to the temporary working | ||
|  |       directory created by the base constructor.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>If you want to run a test in an existing directory, pass it as | ||
|  |       <tt>workdir</tt>.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li> Most parameters passed to this constructor function may be overruled | ||
|  |       for each specific test system run using <a href= | ||
|  |       "#method-run_build_system"><tt>run_build_system</tt></a> parameters. | ||
|  |     </ol> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="method-set_tree">Method <tt>set_tree(self, | ||
|  |     tree_location)</tt></a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Replaces the content of the current working directory with the content | ||
|  |     of directory at <tt>tree_location</tt>. If <tt>tree_location</tt> is not | ||
|  |     absolute pathname, it will be treated as relative to | ||
|  |     <tt>self.original_workdir</tt>. This methods also explicitly makes the | ||
|  |     copied files writeable.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="method-write">Method <tt>write(self, name, | ||
|  |     content)</tt></a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Writes the specified content to the file given by <tt>name</tt> under | ||
|  |     the temporary working directory. If the file already exists, it is | ||
|  |     overwritten. Any required directories are automatically created.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="method-copy">Method <tt>copy(self, src, dst)</tt></a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Equvivalent to <tt>self.write(self.read(src), dst)</tt>.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="method-touch">Method <tt>touch(self, names)</tt></a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Sets the access and modification times for all files in <tt>names</tt> to | ||
|  |     the current time. All the elements in <tt>names</tt> should be relative | ||
|  |     paths.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="method-run_build_system">Method <tt>run_build_system(self, | ||
|  |     extra_args="", subdir="", stdout=None, stderr="", status=0, match=None, | ||
|  |     pass_toolset=None, use_test_config=None, ignore_toolset_requirements=None, | ||
|  |     expected_duration=None, **kw)</tt></a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ol> | ||
|  |       <li>Stores the state of the working directory in | ||
|  |       <tt>self.previous_tree</tt>.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Changes to <tt>subdir</tt>, if it is specified. It is relative to | ||
|  |       the <tt>original_workdir</tt> or the workdir specified in | ||
|  |       <tt>__init</tt>.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Invokes the <tt>bjam</tt> executable, passing <tt>extra_args</tt> | ||
|  |       to it. The binary should be located under | ||
|  |       <tt><test_invocation_dir>/../jam/src/bin.<platform></tt>. | ||
|  |       This is to make sure tests use the version of jam build from CVS.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Compares the stdout, stderr and exit status of build system | ||
|  |       invocation with values to appropriate parameters, if they are not | ||
|  |       <tt>None</tt>. If any difference is found, the test fails.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>If the <tt>expected_duration</tt> parameter is specified then it | ||
|  |       represents the maximal allowed time in seconds for the test to run. The | ||
|  |       test will be marked as failed if its duration is greater than the given | ||
|  |       <tt>expected_duration</tt> parameter value.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Stores the new state of the working directory in <tt>self.tree</tt>. | ||
|  |       Computes the difference between previous and current trees and stores them | ||
|  |       in variables <tt>self.tree_difference</tt> and | ||
|  |       <tt>self.unexpected_difference</tt>. Both variables are instances of class | ||
|  |       <tt>tree.Trees_different</tt>, which have four attributes: | ||
|  |       <tt>added_files</tt>, <tt>removed_files</tt>, <tt>modified_files</tt> and | ||
|  |       <tt>touched_files</tt>. Each is a list of strings.</p></li> | ||
|  |     </ol> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="method-read">Method <tt>read(self, name)</tt></a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Read the specified file and returns it content. Raises an exception is | ||
|  |     the file is absent.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="method-read_and_strip">Method <tt>read_and_strip(self, name) | ||
|  |     </tt></a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Read the specified file and returns it content, after removing trailing | ||
|  |     whitespace from every line. Raises an exception is the file is absent.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Rationale:</b></p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Althought this method is questionable, there are a lot of cases when jam | ||
|  |     or shells it uses insert spaces. It seems that introducing this method is | ||
|  |     much simpler than dealing with all those cases.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="methods-expectations">Methods for declaring expectations</a> | ||
|  |     </h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Accordingly to the number of changes kinds that are detected, there are | ||
|  |     four methods that specify that test author expects a specific change to | ||
|  |     occur. They check <tt>self.unexpected_difference</tt>, and if the change is | ||
|  |     present there, it is removed. Otherwise, test fails.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Each method accepts a list of names. Those names use <tt>/</tt> path | ||
|  |     separator on all systems. Additionaly, the test system translates suffixes | ||
|  |     appropriately. For the test to be portable, suffixes should use Windows | ||
|  |     convention: <tt>exe</tt> for executables, <tt>dll</tt> for dynamic libraries | ||
|  |     and <tt>lib</tt> for static libraries. Lastly, the string "$toolset" in file | ||
|  |     names is replaced by the name of tested toolset.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Note:</b> The <tt>List</tt> helper class might be useful to create | ||
|  |     lists of names.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Note:</b> The file content can be examined using the | ||
|  |     <tt>TestCmd.read</tt> function.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The members are:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ul> | ||
|  |       <li>expect_addition</li> | ||
|  |       <li>expect_removal</li> | ||
|  |       <li>expect_modification</li> | ||
|  |       <li>expect_nothing</li> | ||
|  |     </ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Note that <tt>expect_modification</tt> is used to check that a either | ||
|  |     file content or timestamp has changed. The rationale is that some compilers | ||
|  |     change content even if sources does not change, and it's easier to have a | ||
|  |     method which checks for both content and time changes.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>There's also a member <tt>expect_nothing_more</tt>, which checks that all | ||
|  |     the changes are either expected or ignored, in other words that | ||
|  |     <tt>unexpected_difference</tt> is empty by now.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>Lastly, there's a method to compare file content with expected content: | ||
|  |     </p> | ||
|  |     <tt>expect_content(self, name, content, exact=0)</tt> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The method fails the test if the content of file identified by 'name' is | ||
|  |     different from 'content'. If 'exact' is true, the file content is used | ||
|  |     as-is, otherwise, two transformations are applied:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ul> | ||
|  |       <li>The <tt>read_and_strip</tt> method is used to read the file, which | ||
|  |       removes trailing whitespace</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |       <li>Each backslash in the file content is converted to forward slash.</li> | ||
|  |     </ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="methods-ignoring">Methods for ignoring changes</a></h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>There are five methods which ignore changes made to the working tree. | ||
|  |     They silently remove elements from <tt>self.unexpected_difference</tt>, and | ||
|  |     don't generate error if element is not found. They accept shell style | ||
|  |     wildcard.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The following methods correspond to four kinds of changes:</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <ul> | ||
|  |       <li>ignore_addition(self, wildcard)</li> | ||
|  |       <li>ignore_removal(self, wildcard)</li> | ||
|  |       <li>ignore_modification(self, wildcard)</li> | ||
|  |       <li>ignore_touch(self, wilcard)</li> | ||
|  |     </ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The method <tt>ignore(self, wildcard)</tt> ignores all the changes made | ||
|  |     to files that match a wildcard.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="methods-result">Methods for explicitly specifying results</a> | ||
|  |     </h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h4>Method <tt>pass_test(self, condition=1)</tt></h4> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <div class="attention"> | ||
|  |       At this moment, the method should not be used. | ||
|  |     </div> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h4>Method <tt>fail_test(self, condition=1)</tt></h4> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b> Cause the test to fail if <tt>condition</tt> is true.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h3><a name="class-list">Helper class <tt>List</tt></a></h3> | ||
|  |     The class has sequence interface and two additional methods. | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h4>Method <tt>__init__(self, string)</tt></h4> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b> Splits the string on unescaped spaces and tabs. The split | ||
|  |     components can further be retrieved using standard sequence access.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <h4>Method <tt>__mul__(self, other)</tt></h4> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Effects:</b> Returns an <tt>List</tt> instance, which elements are all | ||
|  |     possible concatenations of two string, first of which is from <tt>self</tt>, | ||
|  |     and second of which is from <tt>other</tt>.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>The class also defines <tt>__str__</tt> and <tt>__repr__</tt> methods. | ||
|  |     Finally, there's <tt>__coerce__</tt> method which allows to convert strings | ||
|  |     to instances of <tt>List</tt>.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p><b>Example:</b></p> | ||
|  | <pre> | ||
|  |     l = "a b" * List("c d") | ||
|  |     for e in l: | ||
|  |         print e | ||
|  | </pre> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |     <p>will output:</p> | ||
|  | <pre> | ||
|  |     ac | ||
|  |     ad | ||
|  |     bc | ||
|  |     bd | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | </pre> | ||
|  |     <hr> | ||
|  |     <p class="revision">Last modified: May 02, 2008</p> | ||
|  |     <p>© Copyright Vladimir Prus 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.<br> | ||
|  |     © Copyright Jurko Gospodnetic 2008.<br> | ||
|  |     Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. | ||
|  |     (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)</p> | ||
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