https://sourceforge.net/p/cppunit/bugs/182/2007-09-19T09:29:49ZRecent changes to 182: Registered test suites in undeterministic order2007-09-19T09:29:49Z2007-09-19T09:29:49ZMagnus Larssonhttps://sourceforge.net/u/malar42/https://sourceforge.netd9b7240de5cfe41819c5dc55392d1c7d433b765a

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hello,</p> <p>I am involved in starting up an effort to convert the unit tests for a rather large C-code base (&gt;3MLOC) from a "homegrown" unit test framework to CppUnit. <br /> A problem we have encountered is that when registering test suites with the CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION macro, they are executed in basically an undeterministic order (CppUnit 1.12.0/Windows/VS2005). We need to be able to control the execution order, that is, we want them executed in the order the macros are stated.</p> <p>I think this would be a reasonable requirement?</p> <p>Some digging in the framework reveals that the underlying container for the registered suites is an STL set, which sorts the entries depending on the value of the object pointer. I did a "quick-and-dirty" fix by implementing my own comparison, using a counter that is incremented in the constructor of the TestFactory object. A better solution could be to use an STL list instead?</p> <p>We would of course very much prefer this to be incorporated in the framework, instead of maintaining our own. If I get some hints on a suitable solution, I could attempt and contribute an implementation. </p> <p>Best regards,<br /> Magnus</p></div>