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<h1>Testing</h1>
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<li><a href="#RegressionTesting">Regression Tests</a></li>
<li><a href="#Inspection">Inspection Reports</a></li>
<li><a href="#Snapshots">Snapshots</a></li>
<li><a href="#Introduction">More about regression
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<li><a href="#Acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></li>
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"RegressionTesting"></a>Regression Tests</h2>
<p>A group of volunteers donate CPU cycles and large amounts of
disk space to collectively produce the regression testing
result tables. Various Boost repository versions are tested for
the benefit of library developers and interested users:</p>
<table summary="Regression Results">
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<h2><a name="Inspection" id="Inspection"></a>Inspection
Reports</h2>
<p>The Boost Subversion repository is inspected daily to detect
problems such as missing copyrights or licenses. The Boost
Inspection Report tells all!</p>
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<th>Version</th>
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branch</a></td>
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<h2><a name="Snapshots" id="Snapshots"></a>Snapshots</h2>
<p>Snapshots are used for
quality control checks.&nbsp; The Unix tarballs and Windows zipballs are
identical except for the line endings exported from
Subversion.</p>
<p>Because the snapshots represent work-in-process, they may
not be suitable for production use.</p>
<table summary="Regression Results">
<tr>
<th>Version</th>
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<td><a href="http://boost.cowic.de/rc/">Release
branch</a></td>
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<p>The Subversion release branch can be checked out from
http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/release.</p>
<h2><a name="Introduction" id="Introduction"></a>More about
regression tests</h2>
<p>Will all Boost libraries work with your compiler?&nbsp;
Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends". See the <a href=
"#RegressionTesting">regression testing results</a> to see
exactly what works and what doesn't.</p>
<p>Boost libraries rely on modern C++ features such as
templates and the C++ Standard Library.&nbsp; Most modern
compilers support those major features fairly well. But even
today, years after the adoption of the C++ Standard, some
compilers still don't support important minor features like
partial template specialization.</p>
<p>Boost library authors often expend a great deal of effort
trying to work around compiler deficiencies.&nbsp;
Nevertheless, some libraries will not compile at all with
certain compilers or may have crippled functionality.&nbsp;
Even if the current release of a compiler supports a boost
library, older versions of the compiler may not work
properly.</p>
<p>Boost releases are run through regression tests which
automatically generates compiler status tables for various
platforms. Unless otherwise indicated, the C++ Standard Library
implementation is the one shipped with the compiler.</p>
<h3>Warnings:</h3>
<ul>
<li>These tables are not a good indication of a particular
compiler's compliance with the C++ Standard.&nbsp; The Boost
libraries often contain workarounds which mask compiler
deficiencies.</li>
<li>Some regression tests are run only occasionally, and so
are relatively out-of-date.&nbsp; Check the date and revision
in the column heading.</li>
</ul>
<p>The development code is being updated several times a day,
so it may contain bug fixes, compiler workarounds, new
features, and even whole new libraries. It may be unstable,
however.</p>
<h2><a name="Acknowledgements" id=
"Acknowledgements"></a>Acknowledgements</h2>
<p>The compiler status tables have been prepared with resources
donated by a number of individuals, educational institutions,
and companies. Boost would like to thank them for their
support. Some of the organizations helping include:</p>
<ul class="directory">
<li>
<p><img src="../gfx/borland_logo.gif" alt="Borland" width=
"70" height="33" /><br />
<a href="http://www.borland.com/">Borland</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><img src="../gfx/intel_logo.gif" alt="intel" width="72"
height="36" /><br />
<a href="http://www.intel.com/software/products">Intel
Corporation</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><img src="../gfx/ms_logo.gif" alt="Microsoft" width=
"113" height="35" /><br />
<a href=
"http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Microsoft</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://www.hp.com/">Hewlett-Packard
Company</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://www.lbl.gov">Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://www.osl.iu.edu/">Open Systems
Laboratory, Indiana University</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
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<p>Note, however, that Boost does not endorse any product or
service, nor does Boost guarantee that some or all of its
libraries work with any of the products or services mentioned
above.</p>
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