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<h1>Testing</h1>
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<ul class="toc">
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<li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#RegressionTesting">Regression Testing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#SmokeTesting">Smoke Testing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></li>
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<h2><a name="Introduction" id=
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"Introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
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<p>Will all Boost libraries work with your compiler?
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Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends". See the <a href=
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"#RegressionTesting">regression testing results</a> to see
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exactly what works and what doesn't.</p>
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<p>Boost libraries rely on modern C++ features such as
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templates and the C++ Standard Library. Most modern
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compilers support those major features fairly well. But even
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today, years after the adoption of the C++ Standard, some
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compilers still don't support important minor features like
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partial template specialization.</p>
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<p>Boost library authors often expend a great deal of effort
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trying to work around compiler deficiencies.
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Nevertheless, some libraries will not compile at all with
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certain compilers or may have crippled functionality.
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Even if the current release of a compiler supports a boost
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library, older versions of the compiler may not work
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properly.</p>
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<p>Boost releases are run through regression tests which
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automatically generates compiler status tables for various
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platforms. Unless otherwise indicated, the C++ Standard Library
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implementation is the one shipped with the compiler.</p>
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<h3>Warnings:</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>These tables are not a good indication of a particular
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compiler's compliance with the C++ Standard. The Boost
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libraries often contain workarounds which mask compiler
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deficiencies.</li>
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<li>Some regression tests are run only occasionally, and so
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are relatively out-of-date. Check the date for each
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table.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The development code is being updated several times a day,
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so it may contain bug fixes, compiler workarounds, new
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features, and even whole new libraries. It may be unstable,
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however.</p>
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<h2><a name="RegressionTesting" id=
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"RegressionTesting"></a>Regression Testing</h2>
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<p>A group of volunteers donate CPU cycles, and large amounts of
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disk space, to collectively produce the regression testing
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result tables. Various Boost releases are tested for the
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benefit of library developers and interested users:</p>
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<table summary="Regression Results">
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<th>Version</th>
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<th>Users</th>
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<th colspan="2">Developers</th>
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<td>Main trunk</td>
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<td><a href=
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"tests/trunk/user/summary_release.html">Summary</a></td>
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<td><a href=
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"tests/trunk/developer/summary.html">Summary</a></td>
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<td><a href="tests/trunk/developer/issues.html">Unresolved
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Issues</a></td>
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<td>Release branch</td>
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<td><a href=
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"tests/release/user/summary_release.html">Summary</a></td>
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<td><a href=
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"tests/release/developer/summary.html">Summary</a></td>
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<td><a href="tests/release/developer/issues.html">Unresolved
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Issues</a></td>
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</table>
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<h2><a name="SmokeTesting" id="SmokeTesting"></a>Smoke Testing</h2>
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<p>The full regression test reports give a broad and deep view of how Boost
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libraries perform across many platforms and compilers. But
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developers often need a quick snapshot of how tests are doing on
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representative platforms and compilers. The smoke tests check the
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repository at regular intervals and run incremental tests if
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anything has changed. Test results may be available as little as 5
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minutes later, depending on the platform and how many libraries
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were affected by changes. More extensive changes take a couple of
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hours to test.</p>
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<table summary="Smoke Results">
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<tr>
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<th>Version</th>
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<th>Platform and Compiler</th>
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<td>Main Trunk</td>
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<td>
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<a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/bgd-win32-trunk-results.html">
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Windows (32-bit), Visual C++ 2005 SP1</a></td>
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<td>Main Trunk</td>
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<a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/bgd-linux-trunk-results.html">Ubuntu Linux (X86 32-bit), gcc-4.1.2</a></td>
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<h2><a name="Acknowledgements" id=
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"Acknowledgements"></a>Acknowledgements</h2>
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<p>The compiler status tables have been prepared with resources
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donated by a number of individuals, educational institutions,
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and companies. Boost would like to thank them for their
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support.</p>
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libraries work with any of the products or services mentioned
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