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MyASPN >> Mail Archive >> boost
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[boost] Re: [boost.test] feature request - random order of testing
by David Abrahams other posts by this author
May 23 2004 7:19AM messages near this date
[boost] Re: [boost.test] feature request - random order of testing | [boost] Re: [boost.test] feature request - random order of testing
"Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental@[...].com>  writes:

> > I plan in this release to add an ability to run a test case by name. It
>  may
> > help you a bit. As for random order I will think about it, but it fills a
> 
>  Sorry. Meant *feels*.
> 
> > bit incorrect (see above).

I don't know why; randomization of tests is good, as long as the seed
is written when a test fails and a specific seed can be injected to
reproduce the case.  It means that your tests aren't unintentionally
dependent on some arbitrary order or input data/size you may have
chosen.  I've used this strategy very successfully in the past.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com

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